LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Sterna nigrifrons Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. L, p. 62, February 1876 : Warrior Reef, North Queensland. 
Sterna striata chrisiopheri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 209, January 31st, 1912 : Point Cloates, mid-West 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. 
93. STERNA STRIATA. WHITE-FRONTED TERN. 
[Sterna striata Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 609, April 20th, 1789 : New Zealand. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VTI., pi. 26 (pt. xxxvi.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 109 Nov 
1st, 1912. r 
Sterna velox Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 139, February 1843 : Bass Straits. 
Not Riippell, Atlas Reise nord. Africa, p. 21, pi. 13, Cretzsehmar [1826 =] 1827. 
Sterna melanorhyneha Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxxvi. (Vol. VII., pi. 26), Dec. 1st, 1848 : Tasmania. 
Sterna striata ineerta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 208, January 31st, 1912 : Tasmania. 
Sterna striata yorhi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 86, September 24th, 1914 : Cape York North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland south to Tasmania. 
LXXXIV. Genus GY GI STERN A. 
Gygisterna Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. II., pt. 4, p. 365, Nov. 1st, 1912. Type (by original designation) : 
Sterna sumatrana kempi Mathews. 
94. GYGISTERNA SUMATRANA. BLACK-NAPED TERN. 
[Sterna sumatrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. 2, p. 329, 1822 : Sumatra. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 28 (pt. xxiii.), June 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 110 Nov 1st 
1912. r ’ ‘ 
Sterna sumatrana kempi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 210, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Torres Strait, Queensland. 
Distribution. Northern Australia. 
LXXXV. Genus STERNULA. 
Sternula Boie, Isis, 1822, heft 5, col. 563, May. Type (by monotypy) : Sterna minuta Linne = S. albifrons 
Vroeg, 
95. STERNULA ALBIFRONS. WHITE -SHAFTED TERNLET. 
[Sterna albifrons Vroeg, Cat. Rais. d’Ois. Adumb., p. 6, (Sept.) 1764 : Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Birds New Guinea, Vol. V., pi. 72 (pt. iii.), May 1st, 1876. Mathews Vol II pt 4 
pi. Ill, Nov. 1st, 1912. ' 
Sternula placens Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. IV., Vol. VIII., p. 192, Sept. 1st, 1871 : Torres Strait, 
Queensland. 
Sternula inconspicua Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W 7 ., Vol. I., p. 63, Feb. 1876 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Sterna sinensis tormenti Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 210, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Point Torment, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia. 
96. STERNULA NEREIS. WHITE-FACED TERNLET. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 29 (pt. xrv.), March 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 112, Nov. 1st, 
1912. 
Sternula nereis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 140, Feb. 1843 : Bass Straits. 
Sterna nereis horni Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 209, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Kalgan River, South-west 
Australia. 
Distribution? Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, South- and mid-West Australia. 
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