STEENA. 227 



S. virgaia. 13". Bill and feet red. Mantle and under parts dark smoky grey, Kerguelen 

 Island and the Crozettes. 



S. albistriata, 12". Legs and till yellow. Broad streak of white passes under the eye to 

 the nape. Mantle dark grey. Breast and abdomen pale grey. — /«. lomisr ; Head grey. New 

 Zealand, 



S. fosteri. 14" to 15" Legs and bill orange. Forehead, crown, and nape sooty black. 

 Abdomen white. Outer web of long tail-feathers white. Inner web dark grey. N. America. 



Wing 6J" io 7J". 

 249, Sterna sinensis. The White-shafted Ternlbt. 

 $ 10". Legs orange. Bill yellow, tip black. Broad arrow-shaped white 

 patch on forehead. Forehead white and lores black. Shafts of outer primaries 

 white. Kump, tail-coverts, and tail white. Ceylon, Burma, through S.E. Asia, 

 to Japan and Australia. Two or three eggs (1-24 x 0-94), drab, broadly spotted 

 and streaked. (B. 1509. S.F. v. 325.) 



250. Sterna minuta. The Little Eivbr-Tern. 

 (J 8" to 9J". Legs orange. Bill yellow, black tip. Eump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and tail white. Shafts of outer primaries dark. Crown, eye-line, nape, and 

 hind neck black. Eemiges twenty-six. Eesembles S. sinensis. Europe, and in 

 winter Africa, W. and C. Asia, N. India as far as the Godavari, Burma, and 

 Java, Eggs (1-2 X 1-0) buff, marked brown and grey. (J. 988. B. 1510.) 



Chinnee Creek, 1875. 



251. Sterna sanndersi. The Black-shafted Tbrnlet. 



$ 9J^". Legs yellowish olive. Bill yellow, tip dusky. First three primaries 

 black, with black shafts and broad white margins to inner webs. Eump, tail- 

 coverts, and tail grey. Back grey. Triangular frontal patch. Crown velvet- 

 black. Closely allied to S. minuta and S. sinensis. Coasts of Indian Ocean, 

 from S. Africa to Burma and Lower Pegu, Eed Sea, and Persian Gulf. 



Also S. antillarum. SJ". Legs orange. Bill yellow, tip black. Mantle, rump, and tail 

 grey. First and second primaries black. N. and C. America, visiting W. Coast of Africa. 



S. superciliaris. 9". Legs dull yellow. Bill greenish. First, second, third, and fourth 

 quills dusky, with narrow white margins on inner webs of first and second. S. America. 



S. lorata. 9J". Legs brownish. Bill greenish, tip dusky. Web between second and 

 third toes considerably indented. Mantle and tail slate-grey. Belly grey. Primaries with 

 white shafts. Coast of Peru. 



S. nereis. 10". Legs yellow. Bill yellow, tip dusky. A black spot in front of the eye, 

 and a narrow black ring round the eye. Shafts of outer primaries grey. Forehead and lores 

 white. Below white. Australia and New Zealand. 



S. ialcenarum. 9". Legs yellow. Bill black. Forehead black to the base of the bill. 

 Shafts of primaries white. Tail grey. Outer rectrices white. S. and W. Africa. 



