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Long. al. Caud. Culm. Rostr.arict. Tare. Tib. Dig. med. 
WW 10"-13" 4! ql 4! 10" 90"-23" Q5Ml_3om Q4 NOB 10"15" 1719" —O. F. 
[Iris dark brown; beak greenish-yellow at base, including the nostril, to within a 
quarter of an inch of the end black, tip orange, dying away to greenish-yellow at the 
extreme point; legs and feet dirty greenish-yellow. 
Obtained in March and June.—W. J.] 
216. Srerna mepDIA, Horsf. 
Sterna affnis, Riipp. (nec Horsf.) Atlas, t. 14; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 139. no. 518; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 
no. 740; id. Fauna des Rothen Meer. no. 809; Brehm, Habesch, p. 229. no. 165. 
—— media, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 830. no. 433. 
a. 6. Zoulla. June 7. 
&. 3. Zoulla. June 7. 
c-f. Zoulla. June 7. 
g: Zoulla. June 8. 
h. Zoulla. June 13. 
Long. al. Culm. 
10" 5M_ 10" yy Qylia5l 
The specimens f and a agree with the figure given in Dr. Riippell’s Atlas; other 
specimens have the front white, the vertex white with black shaft-stripes, the occiput 
and nape black; another specimen (g) has the front and forehead white mixed with 
black.—O. F. 
[Iris almost black; beak orange; legs and feet black. 
A series procured of mature and immature birds.—W. J.] 
217. Sterna MacropTeRa, Blasius. 
Sterna macroptera, Blasius, Journ. f. Orn. 1866, p. 76. 
—— senegalensis, Schleg. Mus. P. B. Sterne, p. 16. 
—— dougalli, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 369. 
a. Zoulla. August 17. 
Long. al. Rectr. ext. Rectr. intern. Culm. Tars. Dig. med. 
gi! ol 4! 5 Qn 4 16" g!! wai 
8 10 5 0 2 8 15 9 8  ... Table Bay. 
The specimen agrees exactly with the description of Professor Blasius, who had an 
example from the Cape in the so-called winter dress, having only the vertex, occiput, 
and nape black, the sinciput and lores white, as also the sides of the head and all the 
under parts. The upper parts are ashy, the primaries brownish black, along the margin 
of the inner web broadly white; the shafts white; the tail-feathers delicate ashy, at the 
base of the inner web white; the outermost tail-feather on the outer web dark greyish 
brown; the smallest quill-coverts along the cubitus also greyish brown. Bill black, the 
base of the mandible tinted with reddish brown; legs reddish brown. 
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