STERNA. 
535 
Gygis decorata Hartlaub, Godeffr. Catal. 1864. 5. 
Sterna chinensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 
melaiiogastra Temminck, PI. color. 434. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Stern. 
21. [Ocean, indicus. 
Sterna acuticauda Gray, lUustr. Ind. Zool. Tb. 70. Fig. 3. 
Sternula melanogastra Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 183. 
Sterna javanica Horsfield, Linn. Transact. 1821. XIII. 198. — [cf. St. 
minuta L.] 
Hydrochelidon melanogastra Bonaparte. 
Pelodes javanica Gray, Handl. Birds III. 122. 
melanoptera Swainson, Birds WAfr. II. 249. = Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. 
melanorhyncha Gould, Birds Austr. VII. Tb. 26. = Sterna longipennis Nordm 
melanura Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. 156. 
meridionalis Cassin, Unit. St. Expl. Exped. 385. ~ Sterna Cassini Sclat. 
meridionalis Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 790. = Sterna minuta Lin. 
metopoleucus Gmelin, nov. Comm. Petropol. 1771. XV. 473. = Sterna 
minuta Lin. 
minor Brisson, Ornith. VI. 206. = Sterna minuta Lin. 
minuta Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 228. — Naumann, Natg. Vögel Deutschi. X. 145. 
Tf. 254. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Stern. 21. [Europa. Asia. Australia. 
Sterna minor Brisson, Ornith. VI. 206. — Buffon, Pl. enlum. 996. 
Sterna metopoleucus, St. australis , St. sinensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 
Sterna parva Pennant, brit. Zool. 144. Tb. 50. Fig. 2. 
Sterna antarctica Forster, Descr. anim. 107. 
Sterna javanica Horsfield, Linn. Transact. 1821. XIII. 198. — [cf. St. 
melanogastra Tem.] 
Sterna sumatrana Raffles, Linn. Transact. 1822. XIII. 329. 
Sternula minuta Boie, Oken's Isis 1822. 563. 
Sterna Nereis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842. 140. 
Sternula antiilarum Lesson, Descript. Mammif. Ois. 256. 
Sternula nereis Gould, Birds Austr. VII. Tb. 29. 
Sternula ßssipes, St. pomarina, St. danica Brehm, Vögel Deutschi. 790 — 92. 
Sternula australis^ St. orientalis Lichtenstein, Nomencl. 98. 
Sternula antarctica Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1842. 773. 
Sterna J^rdoni Beavan. 
Sternula meridionalis^ St. danuhialis Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 295. 
Sternula Jerdoni, St. orientalis Beavan, Ibis 18Ç8. 403. 
Zwergseeschwalbe. — Lesser Tern. — Fraticella. — Toyang. — Dighez. 
minuta Horsfield, Linn. Transact. 1821. XIII. 177. = Sterna pusilla Tem. 
minuta Wilson, amer. Ornith. VII. 80. = Sterna frenata Gamb. 
naevia Brisson, Ornith. VI. 216. = Sterna fissipes Lin. 
nereis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842. 140. = Sterna minuta Lin. 
nigra Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 227. — Naumann, Natg. Vögel. Deutschi. X. 189. 
Tf. 256. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Stern. 31. [Europa. Africa. Asia. 
Sterna ßssipes Pallas, Zoogr. ross. as. II. 398. 
Sterna leucoptera Temminck, Man. Ornith. II. 747. — Naumann, Natg. Vögel 
Deutschi. X. 215. 
Hydrochelidon leucoptera, II. subleucoptera Brehm, Naumannia 1855. 350. 
Hydrochelidon nigra Gray, Genera Birds III. 660. 
Viralva leucoptera Stephens, gener. Zool. XIII. 170. 
nigra Brisson, Ornith. VI. 211. = Sterna ßssipes Lin. 
nilotica Hasselquist, Reise 273. = Sterna hirundo Lin. 
Nitzschi Kauf, Oken's Isis 1824. 153. = Sterna paradisaea Brün. 
novae hollandiae Stephens, gener. Zool. XIII. 161. — Pucheran, ßev. Mag. 
Zool. 1850. 345. 
nubilosa Sparrman, Mus. Carlson. Tb. 63. — Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. 
Nuttalli Nuttall, Man. Ornith. IL 279. = Sterna Forsteri Nutt. 
