LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Sylochelidon strenuus Gould, Birds Austr nt xiii Vni \ttt i «o , 
South Wales, error = Tasmania. # * P *’ * * p * ^2, March 1st, 1846 : Port Stephens, Now 
Hydroprogne tachegrava yorki Mathews, Austral Av Ron V'nl tt t 10 r T 
Queensland. * *' * P** P* 1-6, Jan. 28th, 1916: Cape York, 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
LXXXII. Genus THALASSEUS. 
Thalasseus Boie, Isis, 1822. heft V ml Mnw /u . , , . 
eantiaca Gmelin = 5. .^ndvicenl}, Latham.' > P ( >Y Subsof l ufint designation, Gray, p. 79, 1840): S. 
ActoclicJidon Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Nat Svst r» •u \ -inono m 
Gmelin = S. sandwccnsia Latham. " * 3 " P ’ J1 ' (prof - A P nl ) 18 - 9 - Type (by mono typy): S. eantiaca 
PeUcctopu* Wagler, Isis. 1832, heft 3. coh 277. March. Typo (by monotypy) : S'crna pelecanoides King. 
90. THALASSEUS BERGII. CRESTED TERN. 
[ S(«ma^er^u.Ihchtenstoin. Verzoichn. doabl. Zool. Mus. Berlin, p. 80, (prof. Sept!) 1823 : Cape of Good Hope. 
GOU SepI O 20th n i()12.' 23 ’ 24 (Pt ' XXXXV )) Dec - lst ’ 184S - M^hews, Vol. II., pt. 3, pi. 106, 
Sterna pelecanoides King, Survey Intertrop. Coasts Austr., Vol. H„ p. 422, “ 1827 ” = April 26th, 1826: Torres Strait. 
Sterna poltocerca Gould, Synops. Bjrds Austr., pt. II., pi. (37), April lst, 1837 : Tasmania 
®™ ° 0t - P - **■ *”■ “ °“™' »• ■ S*"— Holland., Cl. by 
Not of Stephens in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIII.. pt. i., p. 161, 1826. 
p^arte. Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XLII., p. 772, May 1856. New name 
^“trMia" 9Wend °' ena ’ MatheWS - Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 208, Jan. 31st, 1912: Perth, South-west 
Distribution Australia generally and Tasmania. 
91. THALASSEUS BENGALENSIS. LESSER CRESTED TERN. 
[Sterna bengaletieis Lesson, Trait6 d’Om. 8e Uvr., p. 621, June 11th, 1831 : India. Extra-limital.J 
GotiW Vol. VIL, pi. xxv. (pt. xxxvi.), Dec. 1st, IS4S. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 3, pi. 107, Sept. 
wVJl'Ilj L' 1 W . 
Sterna media Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lend.), Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 199, 1821 : Java. 
Not Vieillot, Tabl. Ency. M6th. Ornith., Vol. I., p. 347. 1S20. 
Thalaeseu* torresii Gould, Proe. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 140, Feb. 1843 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
ThalaeewJwjaUneU robini Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. ILL. pt. 3, p. 55, April 7th, 1916: Cape York, 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia. 
LXXXIII. Genus STERNA. 
Sterna Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 137, Jan. lst, 1758. Type (by tautonymy) : Sterna hirtmdo Linne. 
CMido iBHlbeig. Synops. Faune Scand., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 193, 1828. New name for Sterna Lin. (cf. Austral Av. Rec., 
Vol. II., pts. 2, 3, p. 42. Oct. 23rd, 1913). 
Thalavaea Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Nat. Syst., p. 97. (pref. April) 1829. Time (by monotypy): Sterna 
dougallix Montagu. 
Hydrocecropis Boio, Isis, 1844, heft 3, col. 178, March. New name for Sterna Auct. 
92. STERNA DOUGALLII. ROSEATE TERN. 
Sterna daugallii Montagu, Ornith. Diet. Suppl., 1813, pref. June, no png. : Scotland. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 27 (pt. XXXI.), June 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 4, pi. 108, Nov. 
1st, 1912. 
Sterna gracilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1845, p. 76, Oct. : Houtman’s Abrolhos, West Australia : and 
again in 1847, p. 222, March 29th, 1848. Same locality. 
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