LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
,, , ^ T •_Vol T..d. 62, February 1876 : Warrior Reef, North Queensland. 
Li vJ ivm, P »». Zm ,««,»«. **. <*,.** 
Sterna striata chrislopheri Mathews, No\ . Zool, voi. Avui.,p. 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. 
93. STERNA STRIATA. WHITE-FRONTED TERN. 
[Sterna striata Gxnolin. Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 609. April 20th. 17S9 : New Zealand. Extra-linutal.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 26 (pt. xxxvi.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 109, Nov. 
1st, 1912. 
Sterna relax Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc (Lond.), 1842, p. 
Not Riippell, Atlas Reise nord. Africa, p. 21, pi. 13, Cretzschmar L J 
Sterna melanorhyncha Gould, Birds Austr., pt. «rvL (Vol. VH, pi. 26, Dec. 1st 1848 : Tasmama. 
Sterna striata incerta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 208, January Sist.IO!^: Tasmania. 
Sterna striata yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec, Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 86, September 24th, 1914: Cape \ork,horth 
Queensland. t 
Distribution. Queensland south to Tasmania. 
LXXXTV. Genus GY GIS TERN A. 
Gygisterna Mathews, Birds Austr, Vol. II.. pt. 4, p. 365, Nov. 1st, 1912. Type (by original designation): 
Sterna sumatrana kempt Mathews. 
94. GYGISTERNA SUMATRANA. BLACK-NAPED TERN. 
[,Sterna sumatrana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt, 2, p. 329, 1822 : Sumatra. Extra-limit^ 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 28 (pt. xxiii.), June 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 110, Nov. 1st, 
1912. 
Sterna sumatrana kempi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 210, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Torres Strait, Queensland. 
Distribution. Northern Australia. 
LXXXV. Genus STERNULA . 
Sternula Bole, Isis, 1822, heft 5, col. 563, May. Type (by monotypy): Sterna minuta Linne = S. albitrom 
Vro eg. 
95. STERNULA ALBIFRONS. WHITE-SHAFTED TERNLET. 
[Sterna albifrons Vroeg, Cat. Rais. d’Ois. Adumb., p. 6 , (Sept.) 1764: Europe. Extra-lhnital.] 
Gould, Birds New Guinea, Vol. V., pi. 72 (pt. in.), May 1st, 1876. Mathews, Vol. II, pt. 4, 
pi. Ill, Nov. 1st, 1912. 
Sternula placens Gould, Aim. Mag. Nat. Hist, Ser. IV, Vol. VIII, p. 192, Sept, 1st, 1871 : Torres Strait, 
Queensland. 
Sternula inconspicua Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 63, lob, 1876: Cape ^ork, Queensland. 
Sterna sinensis tormenti Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p* 210, Jan. 31st, 1912: Point lorment, 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: Ivalgan River, South-west 
Australia. 
Distribution.) Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, South- and mid-West Australia. 
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