26 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



74. Sterna antillarum (Less.). 



Lieast Tern. 



Sternula antillarum Less. Descr. Mam. et Ois. 1847, 256. 

 Sterna antillarum Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 552. 



[B 694, C 570, R 690, C 801.J 



Geog. Dist. — Northern South America, northward to California, 

 Minnesota, and New England, and casually to Labrador, breeding 

 nearly throughout its range. 



Subgenus HALIPLANA Wagler. 

 HaliplanaV^AGi.. Isis, 1832, 1224. Type, Sterna fuliginosa Guv.1.. 



75. Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. 



Sooty Tern. 



Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 605. 



[B688, C573, R691, C804.] 



Geog. Dist. — Tropical and subtropical coasts of the globe. In 

 America from Chili to western Mexico and the Carolinas, and 

 casually to New England. 



[76.] Sterna anaethetus Scop. 



Bridled Tern. 



Sterna anoethetus Scop. Del. Faun, et Flor. Ins. II. 1786, no. 

 72,92. 



[B — , C 574, R 692, C Sos.J 



Geog. Dist. — Tropical regions generally. Casual in Florida. 



Genus HYDROCHELIDON Boiitf. 

 Hydrochelidon Boie, Isis, 1822, 563. Type, Sterna nigra Linn. 

 77. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.). 



Black Tern. 



Sterna surinamensis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 604. 

 Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 1882, 40. 



