ORDER LONGIPENNES. 47 



Hydrochelidon nigra (Linnaeus). 



Range. — Europe, south in winter to both coasts of Africa ; temperate 

 interior of North America, south in winter to South America. 



[a. Hydrochelidon nigra nigra. Extralimital.] 



b. Hydrochelidon nigra surinam^nsis (Gmelin). Black Tern. [77.] 



Sterna surinamensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1789, 604. (Surinam.) 



Range. — North and South America. Breeds from southwestern British 

 Colmnbia, Great Slave Lake, southern Keewatin, and western Ontario south 

 to inland lakes of California, Nevada, Colorado, northern Missouri, and north- 

 em Ohio; winters from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Panama, Peru, and Chile ; east 

 coast of United States in autiunn; accidental in Alaska, Nova Scotia, and 

 New Brunswick; casual in the West Indies and Bahamas. 



[Hydrochelidon leuc6ptera(TEMMiNCK). White-winged Black Tem. [78.] 



Sterna leiccoptera Temminck, Manuel d'Om., 1815, 483. (Shores of the 

 Mediterranean; Swiss Lakes, etc.) 



Range. — Temperate and tropical parts of the Eastern Hemisphere. 

 Breeds from central and southern Europe eastward through temperate 

 Asia to China; in winter southward throughout Africa, and to Aus- 

 tralia and New Zealand; accidental at Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin, 

 and on Barbados.] 



Genus ANOUS Stephens. 



Anous Stephens, General Zoology, XIII, Pt. i, 1826, 139. Type, by 

 subs, desig., Aju)us niger Stephens = Sterna stolida Linn^us (Gray, 

 1840). 



Anous stolidus (Linn^us). Noddy. [79.] 



Sterna stolida Linn.s;tjs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 137. (West Indies.) 



Range. — Tropical coasts. Breeds on the Florida Keys, on the 

 coast of Louisiana, and in the Bahamas and West Indies; winters 

 south to Brazil and Tristan da Cunha Island. 



