524 BIRDS FBOM SEYCHELLES AND VTCrXITY—BIDGWAT. vol. x\nn. 



yill.— BIRDS FROM GLORTOSA ISLAND. 

 Family LARIDiE. 



1. STERNA BERNSTEINI, Schlegel. 



One s]»e('iiiH'ii, fTaiiuary 29. 



2. STERNA MEDIA, Horsfield. 

 One spcciiiKMi, .hiiuiary 25. 



:;. STERNA FULIGINOSA, Gmelin. 



Three si»eciinens, January 23-February 1. 



1. STERNA MELANAUCHEN, Temminck. 



No s])e('iniens. 



Family DKOMADID^E. 



5. DROMAS ARDEOLA, Paykull. 



Ifo specimens. 



Family AKEKARIID^. 



C. ARENARIA INTERPRES (Linnaeus). 



No s])e('iinens. 



Family SC()LOPA( 'ID.E. 



7. TOTANUS NEBULARIUS (Gunnerus). 



No s])e(*iinens, 



8. NUMENIUS PH^OPUS (Linnaeus). 



No specimens. 



J^amily AKDEID.E. 



No specimens. 



9. ARDEA CINEREA, Linnaeus. 



Family SIJLID.E. 



10. SULA CYANOPS. Sundevall. 



One si)ecimen, February 1, "Breeds in considerable iinmbers on the 

 11 ei till boring- He de Lise.' (Abbott, MS.) 



11. SULA PISCATOR (Linneeus), 



Tliiee s])eciniens, -January lS-2(i. 



(Jnly the f^ray, Avliite-tailed plumage of this species seems to liaye 

 been seen on (jloriosa, " Very common upon Gloriosa, nestiu.i; uixin 

 'Fouclie' trees, 15 to 20 feet from the ground. At the time of my 

 visit they were building- their nests and some had already laid eggs. 

 They were by far the commonest species of booby on the island." 

 (Abbott, MS.) 



