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Show 796 MR. H. SAUNDERS ON THE LARIDSE. [Nov. 20, February 1874, which evidently belongs to either S. virgata or S. vittata ; I incline to attribute it to the former, owing to its size and dull appearance. 4. STERNA HIRUNDINACEA, Less. Sterna hirundinacea, Lesson, Tr. d'Orn. p. 621 (1831); Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 647. [No. 652, o*. Messier Channel, Straits of Magellan, January 4th, 1876. Eyes black, bill and legs vermilion. (Elizabeth Island, Straits of Magellan, January ^ 79o * I 18th and 19th, 1876. Eyes black ; bill and legs IV 79d' o > rec^' s^omach had fish. A number of eggs ' were preserved, there being a large "rookery" (^ at one of the low points of this island.] Three fine and fully adult specimens of this well-known South- American species. Sixteen eggs from this locality are naturally rather larger than the type of those of S. jiuviatilis or S. macrura; but otherwise they merely exhibit the same variations in markings. 5. STERNA BERGII, Licht. Sterna bergii, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 80 (1823); Saunders, P.Z. S. 1876, p. 657. [No. 77, d- Levuka, Fiji, July 30th, 1874. Eyes black; feet black, soles brown.] Nearly adult. [No. 231, $. Dobbo, Arm Islands, September 16th and 17th, 1874. Eyes black ; feet black ; bill light yellow.] A bird of the year. [No. 345, d • Zamboanga, Philippine Islands, October 24th, 1874. Eyes black.] Nearly adult, but in winter plumage, the head being merely striated and not black. [No. 486, d • Nares Harbour, Admiralty Islands, March 3rd- 10th, 1875. Eyes black.] Adult, with the black head and crest, and the white frontlet band characteristic of the breeding-plumage. 6. STERNA FULIGINOSA, Gm. Sterna fuliginosa, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 605 (1788); Saunders, P.Z. S. 1876, p. 666. [1 specimen 2 • Boatswain-bird Island, Ascension Island, about April 4th, 1873. 'Eyes, bill and feet black. Stomach of first contained a cuttlefish and a piece of No. 124, 2 • 1 Raine I., Barrier, coral; that of second, No. 125, c-T-J Reef, Australia N nothing. In great numbers. Eggs rounded and more spotted than those of the Noddy.] Fifteen eggs of this species from Raine Island form a very fine series. |