Photo: M. Patel anaeth- Indian 7 Birds of South Asia: the Ripley guide. 2 vols. . 129 (1): 88–92. etus off Colombo. Ibis 129 I wish to thank Rajneesh Suvarna and Arpit Deomurari for 1st ed. Pp. 1–378, 1–683. Washington, D.C. and Barcelona: Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Barcelona: and D.C. Washington,1–683. 1–378, Pp. ed. 1st Edicions. and Lynx on pelagic sightings off the Mulki coast of southern India. (3): 70–71. . Bridled fuscatus Rasmussen, P. C., & Anderton,Rasmussen, J. C., P. 2005. References Observations de on Silva, the R., mass 1987. migration of identifying the bird from the photos. Shivashankar, M., Subramanya, S., Karuthedathu, D., & A Shivaprakash, note A., 2011. 17 Onychoprion anaethetus 1921 – 2012 1921 In Memoriam ) Dr Joseph George 2013 2011). et However, al. 2011). fishing but I also noticed uary n a . 29J Onychoprion fuscatus. However, ubl . (P August 2010 from August the 2010 balcony of the 1 th . Haliastus indus o N 8 . ol V ds ir

uring an official trip Karnataka, I to Mulki, was watching Mangalore, the rough monsoon south west the morning sea of 5 on O. anaethetus. The image of the perching bird ) (17 shows

After checking the field guides, I got the impression that Bridled are known to breed in Vengurla Rocks and Indian B a tern flying along with them which I could not identify then.started I off behind it with my 80-400mm lens and managed to take some pictures. After about 30 minutes, the bird flew closer to the shore line and capture to settled me allowed This briefly beach. the onon chamber watch topnearest of the roof of the the bird on perch. Within a few seconds, it was harassed by passing crow and a the tern took Next off. I day, searched 3-4 km of the entire coast in both directions however could not locate the bird. this was probably a after discussing the photos with Deomurari, Rajneesh it was concluded Suvarna that the bird and was in fact Arpit a Bridled Tern the characteristic pale nape and brown upper parts while both the pictures shows the white supercelium extending till the eye – eliminating Sooty Tern. undertake an Rasmussen annual mass 1987; Silva migration (de along fall west summer/early coast late of in Lanka India Sri and & Anderton 2005). There are records from off-shore waters off Mangalore in recent years (Shivashankar it is still rare that such pelagic species are seen from the coast, hence of interest.

bungalow (13º2’23”N, 74º47’E) where I was put up. There were There up. put was I where 74º47’E) (13º2’23”N, bungalow several Brahminy Kites D

Mital Patel Patel, A sighitng M., 2013. of Bridled Onychoprion Tern anaethetus near Mangalore, south-western India. Indian BIRDS 16. 8 (1): Mital Patel, L-402, Sector7, Suncity, 200ft Ring Road, S. P. Bopal, Ahmedabad 380058, Gujarat, India. Email : [email protected] received on 8 August 2010 near Mangalore, south-western India south-western Mangalore, near A sighting of Bridled Tern Tern Bridled of A sighting 16