UfflS ^4$r. W. Wilson on two new Mosses from Jamaica^ , 



aim -.89iBijg^jaL' J ?iscATOR, Linn. (White Booby.) >^.euii*m>eJ! ■■ 

 Fregata aquila, Linn. (Man-o -war-bird.) n. s. 

 " Inhabits tbe same island with the booby, lays one white egg, 

 are natives, and are never seen to alight except on St. Giles. At 

 earliest dawn of day they go straight out to sea and then drop to 

 leeward ; we seldom or ever see any passing down, but from ten 

 until two or three p.m. they may be shot in great numbers about 

 our headlands as they soar up along our coasts. Sometimes too 

 at certain seasons of the year they frequent our fresh river mouths 

 to drink, which they do without alighting by sweeping along the 

 suriace, g gf k^gfoj^, ^\ 



Phaeton ^ethereus, Linn. (Tropic Bird.) s. 

 "Abounds on some small islands or rocks to the east of To- 

 bago, which can only be approached in smooth weather." 



Anous stolidus, Linn. (Noddy.) n. s. 

 " Sea-pigeon : breeds on detached islands, particularly St. 

 Giles." 



Sterna fuliginosa, Gmel. (Tern.) n. 



u Lay without building any nest on shelves of rock among 

 Cactus erectus, on Roxbro Rock among the herons." Some spe- 

 cimens of this very pretty tern had the nape pure white shading 

 into brownish gray on the back, which with the back and wings 

 was much lighter than the others ; the black upon the head was 

 quite insulated, forming a cowl or cap. 



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Sterna dougallii, Mont. (Tern.) n. 



Sterna cay ana, Gmel. (Tern.) n. A ) imfaM 

 Xema atricilla, Linn. n. 

 Puffinus obscurus, Gmel. N. 

 " Taken off an egg on a rock at sea, where it was a solitary 

 bird." 



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XXXVII. — Description of two new Mosses from Jamaica. 

 By William Wilson, Esq.* 



Pilotrichum, Beauv. 



P. funale (nov. sp.?) ; surculo pendulo vel procumbente vage ra- 

 moso, ramis simplicibus foliis ovatis acuminatis concaviusculis, 

 plicato-striatis serrulatis iranidenerviis siccitate erectis. 



Hab. in arborum cortice? Port Royal, Ins. Jaraaicae; legit G. 

 M'Nab, M.D. >W<*$«1' & 



* Read before the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11th Nov, 1847. 



