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0-1 -i Genus STERNA. 
Sterna tibetana . 
&ierna ftuviatilis, Hume & Heuders. Lahore to Yark. p. 303 (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 203 (1876). 
Sterna tibetana, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 649. 
■ Sterna hirundo, Scvcrtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 77. 
N °S- 1701, 1785, 1787. Yarkand, May 21-25, 1874.— Iris red. 
In kis ‘ Diary ’ Dr. Stoliczka mentions his finding this Tern breeding in a jheel near 
arlj and in May. 
. ^r. Henderson found the species very abundant in August in Yarkand, and he also met 
a it at Lukung near the Pangong Lake, in which neighbourhood it also probably breeds. 
. Dr* Scully writes : — “ This Tern arrives in the plains of Eastern Turkestan in April, and 
'grates about September ; it breeds in June. This species was exceedingly numerous about 
ar kand, fishing over pools, marshes, rice-fields, and inundated fields ; its principal food 
j consist of a small fish which occurs very plentifully in Kashgharia, called “ Tini 
a l k- This bird has a harsh shrill cry, and is called in Turki ‘ Balalcclii ,’ the ‘ Eisher.’ ” 
^TERNA minuta. 
Sternula minuta (L.) ; Hume & Heuders. Lahore to Yark. p. 303 (1873); Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. 
P- 70 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 294 (1876) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 204 (1876) ; Dresser, Ibis, 
1876, p. 416. 
Sterna minuta, Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 88 (1887). 
Common in Yarkand, according to Dr. Henderson. 
"This Tern,” says Dr. Scully, “was frequently observed throughout the months of June 
July i n the neighbourhood of Yarkand. It associated with Sterna tibetana , but was very 
arid ’ ^ SS numcr °us than that species. It is a seasonal visitant only to Eastern Turkestan, 
lu g about May and leaving certainly before the beginning of October. It breeds 
gharia, where it is known by the name of * Balalcclii ,’ the ‘ Eisher.’ ” 
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_ Genus HYDEOCHELIDON. 
HydrocheliDON hybrida. 
H ydi'ochelidon indica, Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 301 (1873) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. 
Hi. p. 145 (1878). 
ydfochelidon leucopareius, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873). 
yd' ochelidon hybrida, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 416; Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 640; Blanf. East. Persia, 
P- 294 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 102; Scully, t. c. p. 594. 
180, 181. Wular Lake, near Srinagar, July 26, 1873. 
° s ‘ -208, 211. Srinagar, July 29, 1873. 
°h Stoli czka’s ‘ Diary ’ contains a note on the 26th of July, on the breeding of this Tern 
Ly fc , e ^ u Hr Lake, where he found nests with one or two eggs. “ Sometimes it is said to 
iatf. i lee ’ men assured me there are already many young, and this is perhaps a case of 
e deeding.” 
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cW + 1 ' - ®- ea derson states that this species was very common in Kashmir in June, breeding 
to Srinagar. 
