STERNA. 183 



p. 241 J Yarr. ed. 3^ iii. p. 515; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 530; 



Harting, p. 170; Dresser, viii. p. 395. 

 Gelochelidon anglica, Macg. v. p. 666 ; Gould, v. pi. 74. 

 The Gull-billed Tern, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 407. 

 Angllca = English, because first described from a Kentish specimen. 



An irregular visitant, principally in spring and summerj to 

 the southern and eastern portions of England. It inhabits 

 the Central and Southern parts of the Palsearctic Region, the 

 Indian Region down to Australia, as also the Nearctic and 

 Neotropical Regions, being probably a migrant in the latter. 



Sterna cantiaca. Sandwich Teen. 

 Sterna Cantiaca, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 606 (1788). 



Sterna cantiaca, Naum. x. p. 50; Macg. \. p. 630; Hewitson, 

 p. 478; Gray, p. 239; Harting, p. 76; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 301. 



Sterna boysii, Yarr. ed. 3, iii. p. 497; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 501. 



Actochelidon cantiaca, Gould, v. pi. 69. 



The Sandwich Tern, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 389. 



Cantiaca = Kentish, because iirst described from specimens sent by Mr. Boys 

 from Sandwich in Kent. 



A regular summer visitant to this country, breeding in 

 several suitable localities on our eastern and western coasts ; 

 also on some lochs in Scotland and in Ireland. It frequents 

 the coasts of the temperate portions of the Palsearctic and 

 eastern Nearctic Regions, the northern portions of the 

 Neotropical Region, and the coasts of India and of Africa in 

 winter. 



Sterna faliginosa. Soott Tern. 



Sterna f uliginos a, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 605 

 (1788). 



Sterna fuliginosa, Naum. xiii. p. 267; Gray, p. 242; Yarr. 

 ed. 3, suppl. p. 50; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 543; Gould, Introd. 

 p. cxxxvii; Harting, p. 169; Dresser, viii. p. 307. 



Fuliginosa = the colour of soot, fvMgo. 



