620 BIBBS FROM SEYCHELLES AND VICINITY— RIDaW AY. vol xvin. 



Family ARENARIID^. 



6. ARENARIA INTERPRES (Linnaeus). 

 One specimen, August 14. 



Faini ly (' H AR A T )E 1 1 D.F . 



7. ^GIALITIS GEOFFROYI, Wagler. 



No si>eeimens. 



VII.— BIRDS FROM ASSUMPTION ISLAND. 

 Family LAKID^F:. 

 1. GYGIS ALBA (Sparrmann). 

 No specimens and no notes. 



Family SCOLOPACID.F:. 



2. NUMENIUS PH.^OPUS (Linnaeus). 



No specimens. 



Family RALLID.F:. 



3. DRYOLIMNAS ABBOTTI, Ridgway. 



Rougethis ahhoiti, Kidgwiiy, The Aiik, XI, Jamiary, 1894, 74 (Assumption Island; 

 U.S.N.M.). 



Specific characters. — Similar to D. cuvieri (Pucherau), but upper parts 

 very much lighter and grayer, black streaks on back narrower, and size 

 less, tlie wing especially. Differs from D. aJdahranus (Giintlier) in tlie 

 streaked back and scapulars. 



Type.~^o. 128820, U.S.N.M, ; Assumption Island, September IS, 1892; 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott. Four specimens, September 18. 



Family SULID.E. 

 4. SULA PISCATOR (Linnseus). 



No specimens. 



5. SULA CYANOPS, Sundevall. 



One specimen, September 18. ''Creole name, ^Fou f/enrraV A few 

 breed in Assumption, laying a single Qg^ on bare gnmnd on sand dunes. 

 Common in Cloriosa Island and He Lise, and also found in several of 

 the Amirantes." (Abbott, MS.) 



6. SULA ABBOTTI, Ridgway. 



Sulaabhotti, Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., XYl, 1890, p. 599 (Assumption Island; 



U.S.N.M.). 



Specific characters. — Most like S. cijanops, Sundevall, but bill mucli 

 more robust, and coloration different, the prevailing color of the wings 



