988 ter.—Sterna saundersi (Hume.) The Little Tern.—Descr. 
“ S. F. ” IV, 469, and V, 324 et seq. 
Loc. Recorded from the coast of Sind. Migratory. Common 
in the Kurrachee Harbour in the hot weather, breeding on 
the neighbouring “ maiddns” 
989. Sterna bergii ( Licht .) The Large Sea Tern.—Descr. Jer- 
don. III; also vide “ S. F. ” I, 283 ; IV, 470 ; V, 300. 
Loc. Recorded from the coasts of Sind, Cutch, and Kathiawar. 
Cold weather visitant. Common. 
990. Sterna media (Horsf.) The Lesser Sea Tern.—Descr. Jor¬ 
don, III; also “ S. F.” I, 284; II, 318 ; IV, 474, and V, 
301. 
Loc. Recorded from the coast of Sind, Cutch, and Kathiawar. 
Cold weather visitant. Very common. 
990 bis.—Sterna cantiaca (Gmcl.) The Sandwich Tern.—Descr. 
“S. F” I, 285. 
Loc. Recorded from the coast of Sind. Cold weather visitant. 
Very common, specially in the Kurrachee Harbour. 
992. Sterna anaetheta (Scop.) The Panayan Tern.—Descr. 
Jerdon, 111; also “ S. F.” I V, 475, and VII, 178. 
Loc. Sind, Cutch, and Kathiawar- Migratory. A coast 
species, occurring, as a rule, some distance from the shore. 
ISot very common. 
995. Khynchops albicollis (Swains.) The Indian Skimmer.— 
Descr. Jerdon, III; “ S. F. ” VII, 99. 
Loc. Recorded from Sind and Mount Aboo. Probably a per¬ 
manent resident in Sind, where it is tolerably common along 
the Indus. At Aboo it can only have occurred as a very 
rare straggler. 
