LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Viralva Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., Vol 
subsequent designation, Saunders, Cat. 
Pelodes Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Nat. 
leucopareia Temminck. 
XIII., pt. i., p. 166, Feb. 18th, 1826 (ex Leach MS.). Type (by 
Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXV., p. 6, 1896) : Sterna nigra Linne. 
Svst., p. 107, (pref. April) 1829. Type (by monotypy): Sterna 
86. CHLIDONIAS LEUCOPTERA. WHITE-WINGED TERN. 
[Sterna leucoptera Temminck. Manuel d'Orn., p. 483, 1815 (pref. 1814): Mediterranean Sea. Extra-limital.] 
Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 3, pi. 102, Sept. 20th, 1912. 
Sterna grisea Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. i., p. 199, 1821 : Java. 
Hydroclielidon leucoptera belli Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 55, April 7th, 1916: Lord Howe 
Island. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia. Extra-limital. 
87. CHLIDONIAS LEUCOPAREIA. WHISKERED TERN. 
[Sterna leucopareia Temminck, Manuel d'Orn., 2nd ed., Vol. II., p. 746, before Oct. 21st, 1820: Hungary, Europe. 
Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 31 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 3, pi. 103, Sept. 
20th, 1912. 
Hydrochelidon fluviatilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. 140, Feb. 1843 : Interior of New South Wales. 
Hydrochelidon leucopareia rogersi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 207, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North¬ 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia. 
LXXX. Genus GELOCHELIDON. 
Gelochelidon Brehm, Vogel Deutschl., p. 771, (pref. July) 1831. Typo (by monotypy) : Q. meridionalw Brehm = 
Sterna nilotica Gmelin. 
Laropis Wagler, Isis, 1832, heft XI., col. 1225, Nov. Type (by monotypy) : S. anglica Montagu = S. nilotica 
Gmelin. 
88. GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA. GULL-BILLED TERN. 
[Sterna nilotica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 606, April 20th, 1789 : Egypt, North Africa. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 81 (pt. iii.), Sept. 1st, 1859. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 3, pi. 104, Sept. 20th, 
1912. 
Sterna macrotarsa Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. n., pi. (37). April 1st, 1837 : Tasmania. 
Gelochelidon nilotica ncrmani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 125, Jan. 28th, 1915: Normanton, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
LXXXI. Genus HYDROPROGNE. 
Hydroprogne Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch.Nat. Syst., p. 91, (pref. April) 1829. Type (by subsequent designation, 
Gray, Gen. Birds, Vol. 3, p. 658, Nov. 1846): Sterna caspia Pallas. 
Sylochelidon Brehm, Vogel Deutschl., p. 767, (pref. July) 1831. Type (by monotypy): S. balthica Brehm = 
S. caspia Pallas. 
Helopus Wagler, Isis, 1832, heft, xi., col. 1224, Nov. Type (by monotypy): S . caspia Pallas. 
Pont ochelidon Hogg, Edinb. New Philos. Journ., Vol. XLL, p. 69, 1840. Type (by subsequent designation, 
Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. 2, p. 133, 1915) : 5. caspia Pallas. 
Heroprognc Buller, Suppl. Birds New Zeal., Vol. I., p. 157, 1905. Error only. 
89. HYDROPROGNE CASPIA. CASPIAN TERN. 
[Sterna caspia Pallas, Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., Vol. XIV., pt. i., p. G82, 1770: Caspian Sea. Extra- 
limit al.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 22 (pt. xxii.), March 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 3, pi. 105, Sept. 
20th, 1912. > c > i 
