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Sterna dougallii bangsi Math. 
Sterna dougallii bangsi Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. ii. p. 3G4, 1912: 
Foochow, China. 
Distr. —China, Riu Kin Islands to New Guinea. 
Sterna striata Graelin. 
I)istr . — New Zealand and Australia. 
Sterna striata striata Gmolin. (25-97.) 
Sterna striata Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. GOO, April 20th, 
1789 : New Zealand. (Fig. Buller, 2nd ed. pi. 30 ; Ereb. & Terr, 
pi. 20*.) 
Distr. —New Zealand. 
Sterna striata melanorhyncha Gould. 
Sterna melanorhyncha Gould, Birds Austr. pt. xxxvi. (vol. vii. pi. 2G), 
1848 : Tasmania. Not Sternula melanorhyncha Lesson, Descr. 
Mamin, et Ois. p. 256, April 1847. (Fig. Math. pi. 109.) 
Sterna velox Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1842, p. 139, Feb. 1843: Bass 
Straits (not Riipple, Atlas Reis. nord. Africa, p. 21, pi. 13, Cretzschmar, 
1826 = 1827). 
Sterna striata incerta Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 208, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
Tasmania. 
TJittr. —South-East Australia. 
Sterna striata yorki Mathews. 
Sterna striata yorlci Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. vol. ii. p. 8G, 
Sept. 24th, 1914 : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Distr. —North Queensland. 
Sterna striata bethunei Buller. 
Sterna bethunei Buller, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. vol. xxviii. p. 349, 
June 189G : Auckland Islands. 
Distr. —Auckland Islands, Chatham Islands. 
Sterna vittata Gmelin. 
Distr. —Southern Sub-Antarctic Seas. 
[Sterna vittata vittata Gmelin. (25-51.) 
Sterna vittata Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. G09, April 20th, 1789 : 
Kerguelen Island. 
Distr .—South Antarctic and Indian Ocean (breeding St. Paul’s 
and Tristan da Cunha.) Extra-limital.] 
Sterna vittata bollonsi M. & I. 
Sterna vittata bollonsi Mathews Si Iredale, Ibis, p. 244, April 1913: 
New Zealand (Suban tare tic islands). 
Distr. —Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand (breeding). 
