BIRDS OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE. 
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2020. (1514) Sterna fuscata infuscata. The Indian Sooty. 
Tern. 
Sterna infuscata Licht. Verv. Doubt. Mus. Berlin, p. 
81 (1823), (India). 
Laccadives, India, Malay Archipelago, etc. 
2021. (1515) Anous stolidus pileatus. The Philippine Noddy. 
Sterna pileata Scop., Del. Flor. et Faun. Insuhr. ii , 
p. 92 (1786), (Philippines). 
Japanese Islands, Philippines to Laccadives, to 
Nicobars, etc. 
2022. ( 1516 ) Anous tenuirostris. The Slender-billed N oddy . 
Sterna tenuirostris Temm., PI. Col. d'Ois., ii., pi. 202 
(1873), (Senegal errore, Seychelles). 
Tropical Seas. 
2023. Gygis alba. The White Tern. 
Sterna alba Sparm., Mus. Carl., i.. No. 2 (1786), 
(India orientali errore. Ascension /.). 
Straggler Bay of Bengal. 
2024. ( 1517 ) Rhyncops albicollis. The Indian Skimmer. 
Rhyncops albicollis Swains., An. in Menag., p. 360 
(1838), (India). 
India, Burma, Siam. 
Family STEKCORARIIDiG. 
2025. ( 1518 ) Stercorarius parasiticus parasiticus. Richard- 
son's Skua. 
Larus parasiticus Linn., S. N., i., p. 136 (1758), 
(Scandinavian Coast). 
Breeding almost circumpolar. Mekran and Sind 
Coasts. 
2026. ( 1519 ) Stercorarius pomarinus. The Pomatorhine 
Skua. 
Lestris pomarinus Temm., Man. d'Orn., p. 514 (1815), 
(Holland). 
Moulmein, once. 
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