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Birds of Celebes: Laridae. 
complete hood in the first species, leaves a broad yellow forehead in the second, 
a black fillet, much as in Sterna melanauchen, in the third, and finally a simple 
loral stripe of black in O.galhula. 
386. STERNA ANAESTHETA Scop. 
Brown-winged Tern. 
Sterna anaesthetai) (1) Scop., Del. J?aun. et Flor. Insuhr. 1786, I, 92; (2) Sauiid., P. Z. S. 
1876, 664; (3) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 1040; (4) Oates, B. Br. Burmah 1883, IT, 
431; (5) Brd., Brew. & Ridgw., Water B. N. Am. 1884, D, 316; (6) Everett, 
J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 211; (7) North, Nests & Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 356; 
(8) Seeh., B. Japan 1890, 301; (9) Oates ed. Hume’s Nests & Eggs Ind. B. 1890, 
HI, 300; (10) Saund., Cat. B. 1896, XXV, 101. 
a. Sterna panayensis (1) Gm., S. N. 1788, I, 607; (2) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Sternae, 1863, 26. 
b. Sterna panaya (1) Lath., Ind. Orn. 1790, H, 808; (2) Finsch & Hartl., Om. Centralpolyn. 
1867, 228, t. rV, figs. 1, 2, 3 (eggs); (3) iid.. Yog. Ost.-Afr. 1870, 833. 
c. Sterna melanoptera (1) Sws., B. W. Afr. 1837, H, 249; ? (2) Rosenberg, Zool. Garten 
1881, 167. 
d. Onychoprion panaya (I) Gould, B. Aust. 1848, VH, pi. 33. 
e. Onychoprion anaesthetus (1) Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 1849, 293; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 
1872, Vin, 104; (3) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 374; (4) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 
1875, IX, 244, 252; (5) Salvad., Om. Pap. 1882, III, 449; (6) W. Bias., Ornis 
1888, 634; (7) Salvad., Agg. Om. Pap. 1891, 212; (8) Wiglesw., Av. Polyn. 1892. 
76; (9) Meyer, Ahh. Mus. Dresd. 1893, Nr. 3, p. 29; (10) M. & Wg., ib. 1896, 
Nr. 1, p. 15. 
/'. Haliplana anaestheta (1) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1871, 422; (2) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 
1877, 528. 
g. Hydrochelidon anaesthetus (1) Heugl., Orn. N. O. Air. 1871, 1453. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Finsch & Hartlauh b 2, h 3\ Salvador! e 5, e 7; 
H. Saunders 10. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould d I\ Baird, Brewer & Ridgway 5, woodcut of head; 
Seehohm S, woodcut of head; Finsch & Hartlauh 6 2, 6 5; Heuglin^ii; Legge 
5; Oates 4; Salvador! e 5; H. Saiinders 10\ etc. 
Adult in winter plumage. Forehead and superciliary stripe white; crown black, with 
wliite tips and edges to the feathers; occiput and nape more uniform black; re- 
maining upper parts hair-brown, remiges and lesser wing-coverts darker, palest on 
hind neck; from base of upper mandible to eye a band of black mixed with 
white; rest of face, entire under parts, edge of wing, and under wing- 
coverts white, with a cast of French grey on the body below; remiges and rectrices 
below dusky, paling into white towards their bases, shafts white, tail forked to a 
depth of about 10 cm (cf, Constantinhafen, New Guinea: Kubary — C 9952). 
“Iris brown; bill and feet black” (Platen e 6). 
Breeding plumage. In breeding plumage the bird has the crown, occiput, and nape, and the 
band from the base of the bill through the eye to the sides of the occiput uniform 
black, forehead and superciliary stripe white. 
1) Variously spelt anaefhetus, anaestheta, anostheta. 
