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of Sterna anaetheta, and that he calls the bill curved, force ns to accept his name 

 for the Pacific form of the Anons atolidns. 



For waut of better knowledge 1 follow Kidgway iu uniting the form from 

 Madagascar and the southern Indian Ocean with the Pacific one, but I agree with 

 Ridgway that a furtlier subdivision may in fntnre be necessary, and I think specially 

 that it is likely that the Red Sea bird {Anoiia plumbeigularis of Sharpe) may be 

 found to differ, if a large series is studied. 



Oar collectors found Anotis stolidm pileatus frequent on Rnk Island. Local 

 name, " Pohlicki." Nests, containing one egg each, were found from March to 

 July 1st " on ' Tako " trees, or on the roots of Mangrove bashes." The " Tako " 

 is described as a " tall tree resembling the cocoanut palm." 



24. Sterna bergii Licht. (Wiglesworth No. 304 p. 74). 

 Ruk, December 5th, 1895, and May 7th, 1896. Local name " Nipawalne " 

 or "Nipowalne." 



25. Sterna melanauchen Temm. (Wiglesworth No. 367 p. 74). 

 One specimen (? ?) was obtained on February 1890. It agrees fairly well 

 with Saunders' description of the immature bird iu Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXV. 

 p. 128, but the wing-coverts are nearly white, the four outer pairs of rectrices 

 are marked with black on the outer webs. 



26. Gygis alba kittlitzi Hart. {Gygis alba Wiglesworth No. 381 p. 78). 



Frequent and breeding on Ruk Island. Cf. Nov. ZooL. V. p. 67. Local 

 name : " Arakal " and " Alakal," also " Ekigah." 



The single egg was found in June iu the fork of branches and on the bare 

 ground. 



27. Phaethon lepturus Daud. (Wiglesworth No. 361 p. 73). 

 J ad. 14. 0. 1896. Local name : " Uhk." 



28. Puffinus obscurus obscurus (Gm.) (Wiglesworth No. 3bS p. 79). 



Three males and one of doubtful sex were obtained on June 15th and 16th. 

 Their local name is " Niffolo." " The colour of the bill is blackish : the iris 

 seal-brown." The outer toe is blackish in skin, the inner and middle toe of a 

 light colour. 



See Nov. Zool. V. p. 194, where the subspecies of this species are dis- 

 criminated. 



A single egg, laid on a small heap of dry leaves, was found on June 16th 

 in a hole about four feet deep on the side of a cliff. It is white, and measures 

 42 : 35-5 mm. 



29. Nycticorax caledonicus (Gm.) (Wiglesworth No. 134 p. 68). 



One male was shot on May 25th, 1896. Its local name is given as " Kao-Kao." 

 It has a rather dark back and somewhat darker wings than other specimens of this 

 species liefore me. 



