134 LAEID^. 



Anoiis tephrodes, Reichenh. Natat., Novit. x. tab. cclxxii. fig. 2271 

 (1850). 



Anous cinereus, Provost et Des Murs, Voy. Venus, v. p. 276 (1855) ; 

 Finsch ^- Hartl. Faun. Central pohjn. p. 239, tab. iv. figs. 4 & 5 

 (eggs), tab. xiii. fig. 4, bird (1867 : Phcenix group). 



Procelstema cinerea, -B;j. C. R. xlii. p. 773 (1856). 



Anous ciuerea, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 120, no. ]1089 (1871). 



Anous cferuleus, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 671 (Christmas I., &c.) ; 

 id. op. cit. 1878, p. 211 (correction sjoion.) ; 8harpe, i. c. p. 272 

 (Ellice Is.); id. Phil. Tr. clxviii. p. 469 (1879) ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 128 (Samoa) ; Saund. J. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 404 (1879 : 

 distribution) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1881, p. 252 (Marquesas) ; id. op. cit. 

 1883, p. 48 (Fanning group); MacFarlane, Ibis, 1887, p. 213 

 (Christmas I.) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 10 (1889) ; Lister, P. Z. S. 

 1891, p. 296, p. 300 (Phcenix group) ; Wiylesw. Ahh. zool. 3fus. 

 Dresd. 1890-91, no. vi. p. 77 (1892) ; Stone, Pr. Philad. Acad. 

 1894, pp. 115-118. 



Adult in hreedtng-plumage. Round the ej'e a narrow black ring ; 

 forehead and throat pale grey ; crown and nape darker grey ; 

 remaining upper parts smoke-grey, the shafts of primaries black ; 

 secondaries conspicuously bordered with white ; underparts grey, 

 like the crown : bill blackish ; tarsi and toes livid brown, webs 

 lemon-yellow, hind toe very small. Total length 9-7 inches, 

 culmen 1*2, wing 7"4, tail 4, depth of fork 1"5, tarsus 0*9, middle 

 toe with claw 1*2. Sexes apparently alike in plumage. 



Adtdt in winter or after moidt. Similar to the above ; perhaps a 

 little paler in tint, but statistics are wanting. All I can say is — that 

 an adult female obtained at Uaiatea, Society Islands, in November 

 is paler than other specimens. 



Jmmature. Similar, with a slightly dark line along the carpal 

 joint. 



Young. Similar, but with a brownish tinge on the crown and 

 faint indications of bars on the feathers of the mantle, which are 

 rather darker than in the adult ; underparts ash-grey ; under 

 wing-coverts smoke-grey ; tarsi dull brown. 



Bab. Central Polynesia : — Paumotu or Low Archipelago, the 

 Marquesas, the Society to the Ellice Islands, the Phceuix group, and 

 the Fannings (Christmas I.), a little north of the Equator. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Ellice Islands. Eev. J. Whitmee 



[C.]. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Phcenix Islands, July. J. J. Lister, Esq. [P]. 



d. Ad. sk. Tutuila, Samoan Islands. Rev. T. Powell [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Society Islands. Hume Coll. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Eaiatea, Society Islands, Nov. H. Saunders Coll. 



18th (/. Young). 



g. Juv. sk. Marquesas Islands, March 11. Saunders Coll. 



{Canon Tristram). 



h. Imm. sk. Christmas I., Fanning group H. Saunders Coll. 



Oct. (Commr. J. R. H. Mac- 

 Farlane). 



