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Show 422 MR. it. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 065. THALASSEUS PELECANOIDES (King); Schleg. Mus. des Pays-Bas. Thalasseus cristatus, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 329. Sterna cristata, Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1863, p. 430. Sterna velox, Ibis, 1860, p. 429, 1861, p. 345, 1866, p. 134. South China ; Formosa, breeds on the islands off its north end. 666. HALIPLANA AN_ETHETA (Scop.). Sterna panayensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, i. p. 607. Common about the Pescadore Islands. 667. STERNA HIRUNDO, L.; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 329. Hankow; Pekin. 668. ONYCHOPRION MELANAUCHEN (Temm.); Ibis, 1867, p. 230, 1870, p. 367. Sterna minuta!, Ibis, 1860, p. 429. Common about the rocks outside Amoy Harbour, where they breed. 669. STERNULA MINUTA (L.); Ibis, 1863, p. 430 ; P. Z.S. 1863, p. 329. Sternula sinensis (Gmel.); Ibis, 1863, p. 429; P. Z.S. 1863, p. Sterna minuta, Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1861, p. 345, 1862, p. 307. Formosa ; China. Breeds on the east coast of Formosa. 670. GYGIS ALBA (Sparrm.). Sterna Candida, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 607 ; Ibis, 1864, p. 423. Seen near the Paracel Shoals in the South-China sea. 671. ANOUS STOLIDUS (L.) ; Ibis, 1860, p. 429, 1863, p. 430, 1864, p. 422; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 329. Anous pileatus, North China Asiat. Soc. Journal, May 1859 • Ibis, 1869, p. 360. North-east Formosa, where it breeds. 672. THALASSIDROMA MONORHIS, Swinh. Ibis, 1867, p. 386. Amoy. Breeding on the small islands north-east of Formosa (Collingwood). 673. DIOMEDEA ALBATRUS, Pall. Zoogr. ii. p. 308; Ibis 1864 p. 423. Diomedea brachyura, Temm.; Ibis, 1860, p. 67, 1863 p 431 1867, p. 226, 1870, p. 366 ; P. Z.S. 1863, p. 329. China Sea. 674. DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES, Audubon; Ibis, 1863, p. 431 • P Z S 1863, p. 329. Diomedea fulginosa, Ibis, 1860, p. 68. China Sea. |