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Catalogue of the Birds 



[Oct. 



398. —^. swiilis, Gray and Hardwicke, 111. Ind. Zool. 



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

 numerous. 



Length 1 1 1- inches ; wing 9| ; tail 3 -^\th ; bill at front 1 y^^th : tar- 

 sus Y^Q-th ; bill dark lake colour ; feet and legs black. 



399. — /S. Seena, Sykes. 



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

 Bill bright yellow; legs red. Length 17 inches; wing 11 ; tail 8| ; 

 bill at front 1|. 



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

 Common 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. 7mnuta, 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 6| ; half an inch beyond the tail, which is 

 nearly 3 bill at front ; yellow, dusky at the "tip ; legs orange ; tarsus 



402. —^. .—New species ? 



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

 above light grey ; beneath M'hite ; tail much forked ; lateral feathers 

 white ; bill yellow ; legs black. 



Length 17| ; wings I2i ; I inch beyond tail ; tail 61 ; bill (at front) 2 

 j^ths ; tarsus I inch. 



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

 west of India, at the mouths of rivers. 



403. — S. • .—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 Uh inches; wing 11 ; tail 4 ; bill at front 1 ->-^th ; tarsus 

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



