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Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 
and fully adult specimens, the amount of white greatly 
increasing with age. 
[The Silver Gull was everywhere very plentiful along the 
coast.— G . C. S.] 
Sterna nereis Gould. 
Sterna nereis Math. p. 21. 
a-d. S ? et imm. King River, 18th Jan. 
e-b. S ? • Kalgan River, S.W. Division, 7th-10th Feb. 
i. $ . Carnarvon, 5th Aug. 
Iris black ; bill orange (olive-brown tinged with yellow at 
the gape in the immature) ; legs orange (brown tinged with 
yellow in the immature) ; claws dark brown. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 9*0-10*5 inches. 
[The White-faced Tern was very plentiful, especially in 
the south-west, often uniting in large flocks.— G. C. &.] 
Sterna bergii Licht. 
Sterna bergii Math. p. 20. 
a. J. King River, 20th Jan. 
b-e. S ? et imm. Kalgan, 8th-10th Feb. 
f-h . S ? • Bernier Island, 10th-30th June. 
Iris blackish-brown; bill ochre-yellow, tinged with olive 
in the immature ; legs dusky black, occasionally tinged with 
yellow. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 19*5-21*5 inches. 
Two of the specimens from Bernier Island are in full 
breeding-dress; all the rest of the series are in immature or 
winter plumage. 
[The Crested Tern was very plentiful.—G. G. £.] 
Hydroprogne caspia Mont. 
Hydroprogne caspia Math. p. 20, 
a. Ad. King River, 20th Jan. 
Iris black; bill coral-red, of a yellowish-horn-colour at 
the tip ; legs black. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 23 inches. 
[The Caspian Tern was not common,—G. C\ >8.] 
