LARID^. 
Sterna bergii cristata Steph. 
Sterna cristaius Stephens, Gen. ZooL xiii, 1826, p. 146; China 
( Mathews , igis). 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula (East Coast south to Singapore). 
Sumatra; Rhio Archipelago; Anamba Islands. 
Borneo; Natuna Islands. 
Java; Thousand Islands, Java Sea; Bali; Kangean Islands; 
Karimon-Java Islands. 
Sterne bergii halodrama (Oberh.).' 
T halos seus bergii halodramus Oberholser, Proc, U.S. Nat. Mus. 
xlix, 1915, p. 522 : Pata Island, near Sulti Island, South 
Philippine Islands. 
Distr , — ? Borneo (North-west). 
Sterna anaethetus Scop. Fanayan or Bridled Tern. 
Sterna anwthetus anaethetus Scop. 
Sterna Ancethctus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. 1786, p. 92 : 
Panay Island, Philippine Islands. 
Distr . — -Malay Peninsula (both coasts); Anamba Islands; Tambelan 
Islands. 
Sumatra; Taya Island, Lingga Archipelago; Billiton. 
Borneo; Natuna Islands. 
Java. 
Sterna anaethetu* antarctic* Less, 
Sterna aniarctica Lesson, Traite d'Oro, 1S31, p. 631 : Mauritius. 
Distr. — Cocos- Keeling Islands. 
Sterna fuscata Lion. Sooty Tern. 
Sterna Fuscata fuscata Linn. 
[Sierna fuscata Linn., Syst. Nat. 12th. ed, i, 1766, p, 228: Santo 
Domingo, West Indies. 
Distr . — Extra-limital, ] 
Sterna fuscata nubilosa Sparm . 3 
Sterna nubilosa Sparrman , Mus. Carls, fasc. 3, 1788, No. 63 "India 
Orientalis * 1 * ' . 
Sterna in fuscata Liobt., Verz. Doubt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 1823, p. St ; 
East Indies. 
Distr.— Borneo. 
Java. 
* We have a skin from Baram, Sarawak which is remarkably paler than 
any other bird in the collection : it is tentatively referred to halodramus 
which according to its describer occurs almost within sight of the north-east 
coast of Borneo. 
1 The occurrence of this species in Sumatra, although recorded by 
Vorderman needs confirmation. 
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