146 
LAR1DAJ. 
Jtioranov* Saunders, Bull. Brit. Oru. Club, rol. W. p. xix, Jan. 25th, 1855. 
Type (by monotypy): 8. tenuirostris Temm. m /i 
itwSdto Matbowi, BW» Au.tr, rol. ii. p. 412, Nor. 1st 1912. Ijpe (by 
original designation) : Anon* leucocapilla Gould - A. minutus Boie. 
Megalopterus melanogenys (Gray). (25-148.) 
Anous melanoqcnj/s Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. iii. p* 961, pi* 1816. 
no loc. = Hawaiian Group. (Figs. Birds Laysan, pi. 27; and 
P.Z. S. 1870, pi. 41.) 
Anon* hawaiiensis Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Ora. Club, vol. i. p. lvu, 1893: 
Hawaiian Islands. 
Distr .—Hawaiian Islands (west to Midway). 
Megalopterus tenuirostris (Temminck). 
Distr .—Seychelles to West Australia. 
[Megalopterus tenuirostris tenuirostris (Temm.). (25-144.) 
Sterna tenuirostris Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Our. 34e 
livr. (vol. ii. pi. 202), May 1828: Senegal,” error=Seychelles. 
(Fig. P. Z. S. 1870, pi. 41.) 
Distr .— Seychelles, Madagascar, and Mascarene Islands. 
Extra-limitnl.] 
Megalopterus tenuirostris rnelanops (Gould). (25-144.) 
Anous rnelanops Gould, Proc. Zool. boc. Bond. 1S45, p. 108, Feb. 
1840 : Houtman’s Abrollios, West Australia. (Fig. Gould, Austr. 
vii. pi. 85; Math. pi. 117.) 
Distr. —South-West Australia. 
Megalopterus minutus (Boie). 
Distr. —Tropical Australia, New Guinea, and North Pacific 
Islands. 
Megalopterus minutus minutus (Boie). (25-115.) 
Anous minutus Boie, Isis, March 1841, licit 8, col. 188: North-East 
Australia—Paine Island. (Fig. Gould, Austr. vii. pi. 30; Math, 
pi. 110; and P. Z. 8. 1870, pi. 41.) 
Anous leucoc<ij)illt(8 Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1845, p. 103, Feb. 184G: 
R&ine Island. 
Anous utrofuscus Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., June 5tb, 1894, p. 117: 
New Guinea. 
Megalopterus minutus kermaderi Mathews, Austral Av. Kcc. vol. iii. p. 55, 
April 7th, 1916 : Korimuloo Islands, error=3VIacKay, Queensland. 
Distr .—East Australian Tropical Seas and New Guinea. 
Megalopterus minutus marcusi (Bryan). 
Micranous marcusi Bryan, Occ. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 
vol. ii. p* 101, 1903 : Marcus Island. 
Distr .—Marcus and Wake Islands to the Mariannes. 
