224 Catalogue of the Birds [Oct. 



398.— S. similis, Gray and Hardwicke, 111. Ind. Zool. 



Found in the same localities as the last, and still more common and 

 numerous. 



Length 1 1 i inches ; wing 9\ ; tail 3 T yh ; bill at front 1 T '^th : tar- 

 sus T °^th ; bill dark lake colour ; feet and legs black. 



399. — S. Seena, Sjkes. 



Spread throughout all the Peninsula, but less common than the last. 

 Bill bright yellow; legs red. Length 17 inches; wing 11 ; tail Sj ; 

 bill at front 1£. 



400.— S. anglica, Montagu. — Marsh Tern. 



( mon all over the country. 



Length about 16 inches ; but it varies a good deal in size : of one 16 

 inches long, the wing is 13£, 2£ inches beyond the tail, which from base 

 is nearly 6 ; bill and tarsus black. 



401. — S. minuia, L. 



I have seen this pretty little Tern most abundant in the west coast, at 

 the mouths of rivers, but have also met it above 200 miles inland. 



Length nearly 9 inches ; wing 6i ; half an inch beyond the tail, which is 

 nearly 3 ; bill at front 1 T «- ; yellow, dusky at the tip ; legs orange ; tarsus 

 iVns. 



402. — S. . — New species ? 



Descr. Head and back of neck sub-crested deep glossy black, plumage 

 above light grc\ ; beneath white; tail much forked ; lateral feathers 

 white ; bill yellow ; legs black. 



J ength \lh ; wings 12^ ; 1 inch beyond tail ; tail G\ ; bill (at front) 2 



: tarsus 1 inch. 

 I have only found this very elegant species on the sea coast, on the 

 west of India, at the mouths of rivers. 



403.— £. .—New species ? 



Back, wings and tail pale grey ; rest of body white, except a blackish 

 grey streak through the eye ; head and neck with a tinge of grey. 



Length 14A inches ; wing ll ; tail 4 ; bill at front 1 T ^th ; tarsus 1\ 

 bill black, within orange red ; legs and feet dusky sienna reddish. 



