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fulvous-white ; throat, fore neck, and sides of the head fulvous- 

 white, the latter marked with saggitate spots of brown ; under 

 parts light fulvous-brown, with obscure spots of a darker shade, 

 especially on the breast and sides, each feather having a broad, 

 central mark of blackish-brown ; throat and abdomen more or 

 less tinged with bright ferrugineous ; bill dark brown, outer 

 portion of the lower mandible, yellow ; feet, pale brown." 



"Length, 17 inches ; expanse, 25'5; wing from flexure, 8 ; tail, 

 4 ; tarsi, T25 ; middle toe and claw, 175 ; bill, along the ridge, 

 15 ; along the edge of lower mandible, 1'75. 



? Length, 15*5 ; expanse, 23*5 ; wing from flexure, 7'5 ; tail, 



35." 



Tpjnga canuta, Linn. 



Of this species I have examined three Australian shot indi- 

 viduals, two from Wide Bay, and one from Victoria ; several 

 others were reported to me, as having been observed in the Mel- 

 bourne markets, along with Cliladorhynchus pectoralis and other 

 scarce species. 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera Meisner 8f Schinz. 



Mr. Howard Saunders states (P. Z. S., 1876, p. 642), that 

 this species has been obtained in Australia and New Zealand, 

 but does not give any localities. 



I have never seen, or heard of the bird being found, on our 

 coasts, and should be glad of more definite information on the 

 subject. 



The bird which I refer to (sp. 681 ) as Sterna dougalli, agrees 

 well with Mr. Gould's figure of S. gracilis, but has a longer tail 

 and tho whole of the bill jet black, even to the very base. 



For corrections in the nomenclature I am indebted to valuable 

 papers by the following gentlemen : Messrs. R. B. Sharpe 

 (Hawks and Owls), J. E. Harting (Plovers), Howard Saunders 

 (Terns), and to the following works : Sharpe's Catalogues of 

 " Accipitres " and " Singes," Dr. Finsch's " Die Papageien" The 



