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i.ii .
II.
C. Robinson: Birds from Pnlatt Langkawi. 143
There seems little doubt thai Raffle-' description of
sumatrana applies to a young bird, little more than a nestling,
of this species and that his name will therefore have to
displace the generally used S. melana
>b. Thalasseus bkkgii pelecanoides (King).
Sterna pelecanoides. King, Survey Intern,,
Western Coasts Australia, 11. p. 4^ -2 (1827).
Sterna beryii, Saunders. Cut. Birds Brit. Mus. xxv, p.
89 (1896) ; Robinson & Kloss p. n.
Thalasseus betgii edwardsi, Mathews, Oberholser
Proc. I'. S. Nat. Mus. 49. p. 520 (1915).
523-
Thalasseus bergii pelecanoides. Oberholser, loc. at. p.
Sterna bergii pelecanoides, Robinson, antea. p. 70.
a-c. 1
hiem.
Pulau Langkawi. February
and March.
d-e. 2