Term. 



163 



630. Lesteis POMATOKHOTTJS. 



An example in mature plumage procured by Colonel Tickell near Moul- 

 mein.* 4 



Fam. Sternidae. 



Terns. 



*631. Gelochelidost aitolica (J. 983). 

 Arakan. 



*632. Hybeochelidon ikdica (J. 984). 

 Arakan, Tenasserim. 



633. Thalasseus ceistatus (J. 989). 

 Sterna bergii, Licht. ; 8. velox, Euppell. 



Tenasserim coast. 



634. Th. medius (J. 990). 



Sterna media, Horsfield ; S. affinis^ Euppell ; 8. bengalensis, Lesson ; S. torresii, Gould. 

 Arakan, Tenasserim. 



*635. Seeka axjeaktia (J. 985). 



A common river Tern. 



[Tonghoo, Sittang river {W. 22.)-] 



*636.. Sterna melanogasxka (J. 987). 



Sterna melanogastra. Tern. ; Gould, B e As. pt. x. pi. 16. 



A common river Tern. 



Of maritime Terns which must needs occur on the coast may be men- 

 tioned Onychoprion melanauchen (Tern.), P.O. 427, which breeds plentifully in 

 the Nicobars; O.panaya, Anous stotidus, and A. tenuirostris.] 



On the coast must also necessarily occur Phaeton cethereus, Sula filer, and 

 probably Fregata. 



[Tonghoo {W. JR.). Horsfield's title, javanica, has priority.] 



[637. S. mi^uta (J. 988). 

 Tonghoo (JT. J2.)-] 



[638. S. ? 



Irrawady river (W. JR.). I have not as yet been able to identify this 

 species.] 



.* J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 416. t of. Ibis, 1867, p. 178. 



