356 STEENID^. 



Eggs of a buffy-whit6 or whitey-brown sparingly' marked witli 

 light umber, the remainder of the surface being boldly splashed 

 and spotted with purplish-red and purplish-grey, some with 

 obsolete patches of a lighter tint appearing as if beneath the 

 surface of the shell. Length 2 inches by 1 -42 inch. Taken by 

 Mr. Bennett in November 1872. Other specimens examined 

 are similar in their markings but vary very much in size. Length 

 (A) 2x1-5 inches ; (B) 1-85 x 1-4 inch. 



Sab. Rockingham Bay, Wide Bay District, Richmond and 

 Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Interior. (^Bamsay.') 



STERNA MELANAUCHEN, Temmineh. 

 Black-naped Tern. 

 Gould, Hcmdhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 606, p. 400. 



This bird inhabits the northern coast of Australia and the 

 islands of Torres Straits, it has also been obtained on the New 

 South Wales coast, and Islands of the South Pacific. It deposits 

 its eggs two in number in a slight depression in the sand, they 

 are of a pale creamy-white, blotched and spotted, chiefly towards 

 the larger end with dark umber and bluish-grey markings, the 

 latter colour predominating and appearing as if beneath the surface 

 of the shell. Length (A) 1-53 x 1-13 inch ; (B) 1-4 x 1-07 inch. 



Specimens taken by Mr. J. A. Boyd on the 18th of June 1882, 

 are similar in colour and measure as follows: — length (A) 1-6 x 

 M5inch; (B) 1-58 xM5 inch. 



Sal. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Cape York, New South 

 Wales, South Ooast New Guinea. {Ramsay.) 



STERNA AN^STHETA, 5'coj9. 

 (Onyohoprion panayensis, Gmelin.) 

 Panayan Tern. 

 Gould, Hcmdhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 612, p. 411, 



This species ranges over the greater portion of the Australian 

 coast and the islands of Torres Straits, depositing its single egg 



