LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
LXXXVI. Genus ONYCHOPRION. 
Onychoprion Wagler, Isis, 1832, heft 3, col. 277, March. Type (by monotypy) : Sterna serrata Wagler = S. fuscata 
Linne. 
Planetis Wagler, Isis, 1832, heft 11, col. 1222, Nov. Type (by monotypy) : S. guttata ex Forster MS. = 5. fuscata 
Linne. 
Haliplana Wagler, Isis 1832, heft 11, col. 1224, Nov. Type (by monotypy) : Sterna fuliginosa Gmelin = S. fuscata 
Linne. 
Thalassipora Riippell, Syst. Uebers. Vogel Nord-ost Afrika, p. 140, 1845. Type (by monotypy) : S. infuscata 
Lichtenstein = S. fuscata Linne. 
Dipsaleon Gistel, Naturg. Thierr. Schul., p. x., 1848 (pref. Easter 1847). New name for Planetis Wagler. 
97. ONYCHOPRION FUSCATUS. SOOTY TERN. 
[Sterna fuscata Linne, Syst. Nat. 12th ed., p. 228, (pref. May 24th) 1766 : Santo Domingo, West Indies. Extra- 
limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 32 (pt. xxvm.), Sept. 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 113, Nov. 1st, 
1912. 
Sterna serrata Wagler, Natur. Syst. Amphib., p. 89 (note), 1830 (ex Forster MS.) : New Caledonia. 
Sterna melanura Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 7, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Sterna gouldii Reichenbach, Aves Natat. Longip., pi. XXII., f. 829, 1848 : West Australia. 
Onychoprion fuscatus kermadeci Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 55, April 7th, 1916 : Kermadee 
Is. = Long Reef, Sydney. 
Distribution. Tropical Australian Seas. 
LXXXVII. Genus MELANOSTERN A. 
Melanosterna Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. XV., p. 373, 1846 [= 1847 ?]. Type (by monotypy) : Sterna 
ancethetua Scopoli. 
98. MELANOSTERNA ANA2THETUS. BRIDLED TERN. 
Sterna ancethetus Scopoli, Del. Flor. Fannie Insub., pt. ii., p. 92, 1786 : Philippine Islands. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 33 (pt. xxxv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 114, Nov. 
1st, 1912. 
Sterna novseholIandiaB Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 161, Feb. 18th, 1826 : New South 
Wales. 
Melanosterna ancethetus rogersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 126, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Admiralty Gulf, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Tropical Australian Seas. 
LXXXVIII. Genus ANOUS. 
Anous Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIII., pt. i., p. 139, Feb. 18th, 1826 (ex Leach MS.). Type (by 
subsequent designation, Gray, p. 79, 1840) : A. niger Stephens = S. stolida Linne. 
Stolida Lesson, Traite d’Orn., 8e livr., p. 620, June 11th, 1831. Type (by monotypy) : S. stolida Linne. 
Gavia Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 373, July 1st, 1837. Type (by monotypy) : Gavia leucoceps Swainson 
= Sterna stolida Linn 6. 
Aganophron Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. Naturg., livr. 8, p 463, (early) 1842. Type (by monotypy) : S. stolida LinnA 
Noddi “ Cuvier ” Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. III., p. 661, Jan. 1846. In synonymy. 
“ Nodinus Rafinesque ? ” Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 131, Oct. 1855. In synonymy 
99. ANOUS STOLIDUS. NODDY. 
[Sterna stolida Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 137, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Atlantic Ocean. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 34 (pi. xxii.), March 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 115, Nov. 
1st, 1912. 
Anous stolidus gilbert! Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. II., pt. 4,p. 405, Nov. 1st, 1912 : Bedout Island, West Australia. 
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