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south to the Bahamas, West Indies, British Honduras, and Venezuela; 

 now rare, but formerly abundant in the breeding season from Florida 

 to Maine, wandering to Labrador and Newfoundland; in migration 

 occurs on the coasts of Lower California and western Mexico; winters 

 from the Gulf coast to Venezuela and Peru. 



Subgenus ONYCHOPRION Wagler. 



Onyckoprion Waglee, Isis, XXV, 1832, 277. Type, by monotypy, Sterna 

 serrata Wagleb = S. fuscata Linn^us. 



Sterna fuscdta Linn;eus. Sooty Tern. [75.] 



Sterna fuscata Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, 1766, 228. (Santo Domingo, 

 West Indies.) 



Range. — Tropical and subtropical coasts, except Pacific coast of 

 South America. Breeds in America from Florida, Louisiana, and 

 Texas throughout the Bahamas, West Indies, and tropical islands of 

 the Atlantic; wanders north rarely to Maine; winters from Louisiana 

 to Brazil and the Falkland Islands. 



[Sterna ansetheta Scopoli. Bridled Tern. [76.] 



Sterna ancstketus Scopoli, Del. Florse at Faunae Insubr., II, 1786, 92. 

 (Panay Island, Philippines.) 



Range. — Tropical regions. Breeds throughout the Bahamas 

 and the West Indies to Venezuela, and also in tropical parts of the 

 Eastern Hemisphere; accidental in Florida and South CaroUna.] 



Genus HTDROCHELIDON Bote. 



Hydrochelidon Boie, Isis, X, 1822, 563. Type, by subs, desig.. Sterna 

 nigra Linn^us (Gray, 1841). 



