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RHYNCHOPSIN^. 



webs, towards their bases ; extenial tail featbers white for the basal 

 half on both webs, greyish brown on the inner web for the terminal 

 half. In winter the entire under surface is pure white, and there is a 

 dark spot in front of the eye ; head greyish white or white, the feathers 

 mesially spotted or striped dusky ; a black collar at the base of the 

 occiput, extending on each side nearly to the eye. 



" Bill dusky reddish, red towards the base of the lower mandible ; 

 legs coral redj bill, legs and feet black. 



"Length.— M-lh inches, wing 9-62, tail 7, bill at front VQ."—(Str. F. 

 iv. 474.) 



Rah. — Sind, Beloochistan (Mekran Coast) Persian Gulf, the Concan 

 and the Laccadives. 



Sterna fuliginosa, Gvi. ; Tarr. Br. B. 3rd Ed. iii. fig. p. 542 ; 

 8tr. F. i. p. 440 ; iv. 477.— The Sooty Teen. 



Forehead and a streak from the base of the bill to the eye white ; 

 sides of the face, chin, throat, neck in front, breast and entire under 

 parts white; top of head, nape, neck behind, back, scapulars and wings 

 sooty black ; under wing-coverts white ; tail forked, external feathers 

 on each side white on their outer web, rest are white at the base; 

 legs and feet black ; irides brown. 



Length. — ]6'5 to 17'5 inches, wing 10'5 to ITS, tail 6'9 to 7" 5, 

 tarsus 0'95 to 1, bill at gape 2"0 to 2-4, bill at front 1*6 to 1'7. 



Hah. — Sind, Mekran Coast, Persian Gulf (Bushire) the Concan 

 (Bombay) and the Malabar Coast and Ceylon. 



Gen. AnoUS. — Leach. 



Bill long, slender, slightly curved at the tip, angle well marked ; 

 nostrils in a groove; wings long; tarsus short; claw of mid-toe serrated. 



AnoiUS stolidus, Lin. ; Gatesby, Car. t. 88 ; Yarr. Br. B. 2nd Ed. 

 iii. fig. p. 531 ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 845, No. 99a ; Str. F. ii. p. 320 ; 

 iv. 478. — The Noddy. 



A black line from the base of the bill to the eye ; forehead white ; 

 crown fulvous or yellowish grey ; neck, nape, chin, throat, breast, greater 

 and lesser wing-coverts, under wing-coverts, upper and under tail- 

 coverts and tail dark chocolate brown ; back and primaries darker, 

 or blackish brown; legs and feet black ; irides brown. 



Length. — Male, 15 inches, wing ]1'5, tail 6'5, bill at front 1"6. 



Eab. — Sind and Mekran Coast, also the Bay of Bengal, Laccadives 

 and the West Coast. 



Sub-Family, RHYNCHOPSIN^.— Bp. 



Upper mandible shorter than the lower, and grooved to receive the 

 sharp cutting edge of the lower one ; claws long and curved ; tail 

 forked. 



