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STEENA ANGLICA. 



(GULL-BILLED TERN.) 



Sterna anglica, Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl. (1813). 



Sterna aranea, Wils. Am. Orn. viii. p. 143, pi. 72. fig. 6 (1814). 



Sterna affinis, Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 199 (1822). 



Sterna risoria, C. L. Brehm, Beitr. zur Vogelk. iii. p. 650 (1822). 



Thalasseus anglica (Mont.), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563. 



Viralva anglica (Mont.), Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. i. p. 174 (1825). 



Viralva affinis (Horsf.), Steph. torn. cit. p. 175 (1825). 



Gelochelidon balthica, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 772 (1831). 



Gelochelidon agraria, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 773 (1831). 



Gelochelidon meridionalis, C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 774 (1831). 



Gelochelidon aranea (Wils.), C. L. Brehm, op. cit. p. 775 (1831). 



Laropis anglica (Mont.), Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1225. 



Sterna macrotarsa, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 26. 



Viralva aranea (Wils.), Gould, Voy. Beagl. iii. p. 145 (1841). 



Gelochelidon palustris, Macgill. Man. Brit. B. ii. p. 237 (1842). 



Gelochelidon anglica (Mont.), Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1862, p. 536. 



Gelochelidon macrotarsa, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 403 (1865). 



Gelochelidon nilotica, G. R. Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 119 (1871). 



Sterne-hansel, French ; Lachmeerschwalbe, German ; Lach-Zeezwaluw, Dutch ; Sand-Tar, 

 Engelsk Term, Danish. 



Figures notabiles. 

 Werner, Atlas, Palmipedes, pi. 6 ; Kjaerb. Orn. Dan. taf. 40 a ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. 

 taf. 249; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 416 ; id. B. of G. Brit. v. pi. 74 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. 

 pi. 360; Audub. B. of Am. pi. 430; Wilson, Am. Orn. pi. 72. fig. 6. 



Ad. ptil. (est. pileo et nucha nitide nigris : corpore, alis et cauda. supra pallide margaritaceo-cinereis : remi- 

 gibus extus saturate griseis, versus apicem et in pogonio interno nigricanti-griseis, centraliter pallidiore : 

 gula, gutture, colli lateribus et corpore subtiis albis : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride fusca. 



Ad. ptil. Mem. pileo haud nigro, sed fronte alba, nucha, griseo-alba nigro striata, loris nigro notatis et stria 

 indistincte alba pone oculum : corpore supra et subtiis sicut in ptilosi aestivali colorato. 



Adult in summer (Turkey). Crown and nape deep glossy black, leaving a line of white along the upper edge 

 of the gape ; chin, throat, sides of the neck, and entire underparts pure white ; upper surface of the 

 body, closed wings, and. tail pale bluish pearl-grey; quills externally hoary grey, towards the tip and 

 internally blackish grey, lighter in the centre; bill and legs black; iris brown. Total length about 

 13 inches, culmen 1-6, wing ll - 65, tail 5 - 0, tarsus l - 2, lateral rectrices l - 6 longer than the central ones. 



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