BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



1S76, p. 661. — Gundl., Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat, Tomo VII. 

 p. 412 (1878).— Ridgw., Norn. N. Am. Bds., II. No. 690 

 (1SS1).— Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. Am. W. Bds., II. 

 p. 309 (18S4). 



Sterna superciliaris, b. antillarum. Coues, Check List, 2d ed.. 

 No. 801 (1882). 



Sterna frcnata. Gamb., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1848, p. 128. 



— Lawr., in Baird's Bds. N. Am., p. S64 (1858).— Baird, Cat. 



N. Am. Bds., No. 694 (1859). 

 Sterna superciliaris. Gundl. and Cab., J. f. O., V. p. 232 (1S57). — 



Coues, Check List, No. 570 (1873). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., 



p. 213 (1880). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Bill, yellow, tipped with black ; cap, black 

 forehead, white; above, pearly gray; underparts, white; outer pri- 

 maries, dark brown on the outer webs and inner half of inner 

 webs ; tail, white, forked ; coverts, pearl gray ; legs, pale yellow ; 

 iris, brown. 



Length 8.75; wing 6.50; tail 2.20; tarsus .55; bill 1. 



The species is common in summer, and probably breeds. 



