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has red legs and a black, or mostly black, bill, and the rectrices are white, the 
outermost greatly prolonged in the adult. -S. lon^ipennis or dm., which for the 
same reasons may be expected in Celebes, has black legs and bill, and a white 
deeply forked tail. The nearest ally of <8. media is probably S. eurygnatha Saund , 
which has a white tail and the legs partly yellowish. 
The habits of S. media are well described by Legge (7) and Heuglin 
383. STERNA BERGII Lclit. 
Greater T ellow-billed Tern. 
Sterna bergii (1) Liclit., Verz. Donbl. Berl. Mas. 1S23, 80; (2) Schl, Mus. P.-B., Sternae, 
1863, 11; (3) Finsch & Hartl., Oru. Oentralpolyn. 1867, 216; (4) Heugliii, Orn. 
N.-O. Afr. 1871, 1436; (5) Hume, Str. F. 1873, I, 283; (G) id., ib. 1876, IV, 470; 
(7) Saund., P. Z. 8.1876,657; (8) Butler, Str. F. 1877, V, 300; (9) Sharpe, Tr. 
L. Soc. 1877, (2)1, 350; (10) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 493; (11) Legge, 
B. Ceylon 1880, 1026; (12) W. Ramsay, Tweedd. Orn. Works, Index 1881, 660; 
(13) Kelh., Ibis 1882, 201; (14) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, HI, 432; (15) W. Bias. 
& Nehrk., Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien 1882, 434; (16) Oates, B. Br. Biumah 1883, H, 
428; (17) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 57; (18) W. Bias., Z. ges. Orn. 1886, 172; 
(19) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Hat. Mus. 1887, X, 392; (20) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 23; 
(21) W. Bias., Orn. 1888, 320; (22) Sharpe, Ibis 1888, 204; (23) North, Nests 
& Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 354, pi. XIX, f. 2 (egg); (24) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 
1889, 210; (25) Whitehd., Ibis 1890, 60; (26) Sharpe, t. c. 149, 285; (27) Steere, 
List Coll. B. &M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 27; (28) Oates ed. Hume’s Nests & Eggs Ind. 
B. 1890, in, 297; (29) Seeb., B. Japan 1890, 229; (30) Salvad., Agg. Orn. Pap. 
1891, 211; (30‘‘‘^) id., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1890, XXIX, 591, ib. 1891, XXX, 833; 
(31) Wiglesw., Av. Polyn. 1892, 74; (32) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber’s Reise 
1893, HI, 285; (33) Bus. & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 1894, 31; (34) M. & Wg., 
d. f. O. 1894, 253; (35) iid., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 20; (36) W. E. Clarke, 
Ibis 1895, 479; (37) Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1895, LIV, 325; (38) Saund., Cat. B. 
1896, XXV, 89; (39) Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1896, XXXVI, 120; 
(40) Hartert, Nov. Zook 1896, 250. 
a. Sterna cristata (I) Steph. (nec Sws.), in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. XIII (1), 146 (1826); 
(2) Swinh., Ibis 1863, 430; (3) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 376. 
b. Sterna velox (I) Cretzschm. in Riipp. Atlas 1826, 21, t. 13; (2) Konig-Warth., Ibis 
1860, 127, pi. V (eggs). 
c. Sterna pelecanoides (1) King, Survey Int. Austr. 1826, II, 422; [2) Schl., Mus. P.-B., 
Stemae, 1863, 9; (3) Rosenb., Malay. Archip. 1878, 279; (4) Ribbe. Jb. Ver. Erdk. 
Dresd. 1892, 174. 
d. Thalasseus pelecanoides (I) Gould, B. Austr. 1848, VII, pi. 23. 
e. Thalasseus poliocercus Gould; (I) id., B. Austr. 1848, VII, pi. 24. 
“Manuana”, Kabruang, Talaut, Nat. Coll. 
“Ngeo”, general name for the Terns [Gorontalo], Rosenberg c 3. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Finsch & Hartlaub 5; Heuglin 4; Salvadori 
14, 30\ Saunders 38. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould d I, e I\ Cretzschmar hi', Schlegel 2, c2', Finsch & 
Hartlaub .9; Heuglin 4; Legge 11; Saunders .38; etc. etc. 
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