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Family ARDEID.T:. 



4. BUTORIDES ATRICAPILLUS ( Afztlius). 



No specimens of niiyof these s])e(*ies were received tVoiii Fbif rslaiid, 



v.— BIRDS FROM COiVnVY. 

 Family LAEID.T:. 



1. GYGIS ALBA (Sparrmannl. 



Family SOOLOPACID.E. 



2. NUMENIUS PH^OPUS (Linnaeus). 



Family ARDEID.E. 



3. BUTORIDES ATRICAPILLUS (Afzelius). 

 4. BUBULCUS BUBULCUS (Savigny). 



Family FRFdATID.E. 



5. FREGATA ARIEL. Gould? 



(Possibly F. a(}uUa minor, since Dr. Alibott did not distinguish the 

 two vspecies.) 



Family PHASIANID.E. 



6. "PARTRIDGE." 



(Introduced, .AV?e Abbott, MS.) 



None of the species found on Ooi'tivy were collected by Dr. Abbott. 



VI.— BIRDS FROM PROVIDENCE ISLAND. 

 Family LAPID.E. 



1. STERNA BERNSTEINI, Schlegel. 



Two specimens, August 17. 



•2. STERNA MELANAUCHEN, Temminck. 



Three specimens, xVugust 17. 



3. ANGUS STOLIDUS (Linnaeus). 

 One si)ecimen, August 11. 



4. GYGIS ALBA (Sparrmann). 



No specimens. 



Family DKOMADID.E. 



5. DROMAS ARDEOLA, PaykuU. 



Three specimens, August 18. 



