167 



BLACK VIRALVE. 



( Viral va nigra.) / 



Vi. corpore nigro vel cano, dorso cinereo. 



Viral ve with the body black or hoary, the back ash-coloured. 



Sterna nigra. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 227. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



608. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 810. Briss. Orn. 6. 21 1. 

 Sterna fidipes. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1.228. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



610. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 810. ^^^^^^^^^ 

 Sterna atricapilla. Briss. Orn. 6. 214. fllHl 

 Sterna cinerea. Lath. Ind. Orti.ii. ^^^"^ 

 Larus niger Gesneri. Raii Syn. 131. A. 



Larus niger fidipes alis longioribus Aldrovandi. Raii Syn. 131. 



Larus minor fidipes nostras. ' Raii Syn. 132. A. 



Viral va nigra. Leach in Brit. Mus. Collection. 



Hirondelle de mer noire, ou TEpouventail. Biiff^. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 8. 341. Buf. PI. Enl. 333. Temm. man. d'Orn. 484. 



Id. 2 Edit. ii. 749. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1 . 521. 

 Hirondelle de mer a tete noire, ou le Gachet. Biiff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 8. 342. 

 Lesser Sea Swallow. Alb. Birds, 2. pZ. 89. 

 Black Tern. Penn, Brit. Zool. 2. 256. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 



450. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 366. Lath. Syn. Sup. 267. Lew. 



Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 206. Wale. Syn. I. pi. 122. Don. Brit. 



Birds, 4. pi. 74. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. and Supp. Bexv. Brit, 



Birds, 2. 203. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 121. 

 Young. — Sterna nsevia. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1.609. Litm. Syst, 



Nat. 1. 228. Briss. Orn. 6. 2] 6. pi. 20./. 2. 

 Sterna Boysii, /3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 806. 

 La Guiffette. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 339. Buff. Pi, Enl. 924. 

 Lesser Sea Swallow. Alb. Birds, 2. 90. 



Kamtschatkan Tern. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 525. Lath, Gen. 



Hist, X. 123. 

 Sandwich Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 358. A, 

 Black-headed Tern. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 123. 



