Order LARIFORMES 
No. 133. 
Family LARIDM. 
STERNA DOUGALLII GRACILIS. 
AUSTRALIAN ROSEATE TERN. 
(Plate 108.) 
Sterna gracilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc (Lond.) 1845, p. 76 ; Houtman’s Abrolhos, 
West Australia. 
Sterna gracilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1845, p. 76 ; id., ih. 1847, p. 222 ; id.. 
Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pi. 27, 1848 ; id., Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 399, 
1865 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 20, 1908 ; Editors, Emu, Vol. X., 
p. 304, 1911. 
Anous gracilis Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. III., p. 661, 1846. 
Sterna nigrifrons Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 62, 1875 (Cape York) ; 
Ramsay, ib., Vol. II., p. 201, 1877 ; Ramsay, Tab, List Austr. Birds, p. 23, 1888. 
Sterna melanorhyncha (not Gould) Masters, Proc. linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p, 62, 1875. 
Sterna dougalli Ramsay, ih., Vol. II., p. 201, 1877 , id.. Tab. List. Austr. Birds, p. 23, 1888 ; 
Campbell, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, Vol. III., n.s., p. 5, 1891 ; Saunders, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus., Vol. XXV., p. 70, 1896 (pars) ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 88, 1899 ; 
Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 834, 1901 ; Carter, Emu, Vol. III., 
p. 207, 1904 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 88, 1906. 
Sterna dougalli gracilis Cory, Cat. Birds West Ind., pp. 82, 135, 1892; Hartert, Nov. Zool,, 
Vol. XII., p. 199, 1905 ; Mathews, ih., Vol. XVIII., p. 208, 1912. 
Sterna, frontalis (not Gray) Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 2nd ser,, Vol. I., p. 1100, 
1886 ; Carter, Emu, Vol. III., p. 208, 1904. 
Sterna striata christopheri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 209, 1912. 
Distribution. West Australia ; North-west Australia ; North Australia ; East Austraha 
as far south as Moreton Bay, 
Adult mule in hreeding-plumage. General colour of the upper-parts pale grey, including 
the back, wings, and tail ; outer primary black on the greater part of the outer 
web, the remainder silvery -grey with white on the inner webs and grey adjoining 
the shafts ; inner primaries and secondaries pale grey with white on the inner 
webs ; crown of head, nape and hind-neck black ; cheeks, throat, and under-surface 
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