10. MICRAN0U8. 



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Inunatttre. Forehead and crown white; lores white; neck and 

 nape sooty bhick, which throws the white crown into strong relief, 

 owing to the absence of any intermediate lead-colour ; mantle, tail, 

 and uiiderparts umber-brown, the primaries blackish : tarsi and 

 toes brown ; bill comparativel}- short in front of the genys. 



Young. Forehead and anterior crown white ; lores black; upper 

 parts generally umber-brown, with cinnamon borders to the wing- 

 coverts and secondaries ; primaries blackish ; underparts mouse- 

 brown ; bill only about 0-5 in front of the genys. lu an older bird 

 the white is less pure, but extends further back on the crown, and 

 the plumage has a slightly barred appearance. 



Nestlimj. Forehead and crown dull white, rest of the body sooty 

 black. 



Hah. Caribbean Sea, inter-tropical Atlantic, and down to Inaces- 

 sible Island, near Tristan da Cunha (breeding) ; both sides of 

 South Africa, Indian Ocean up to Bay of Bengal ; Malayasia, 

 Papuasia, Pelew and Caroline Islands, Northern Australia, and 

 most of the islands of the South Pacific as far as the Society 

 group (breeding). 



Glover's Reef, British Hon- 

 duras, May 12th, 1862 

 _ (O. -S'. ). 



St. Paul's Rocks, Equatorial 

 Atlantic. 



a-d.S2 ad.; e,f. 

 Pull. sk. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ad. sk. ; h. Ad. 

 & i. Pull sk. (in 

 alcohol). 



S imm. sk. 



H.M.S. 'Challenger' 

 Exped. 



Fernando Noronha, N. Brazil, 

 Sept. [H. M. Harrison, 

 i?.A.). ^ 



Fernando Noronha {H. A', i?.). 



~n. c? ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 -q. Yix ad. et Ascension 1. {Trof. D. Gill) 



imm. sk. 

 . Ad. sk. 

 , Juv. sk. 



t Vix ad sk. 

 M. Imm. sk. 



V. Vix ad. sk. 



w. Yix ad. sk. 



X. Ad. sk. 

 y. Juv. sk. 



s. 5 ad. sk. 



a',b'. Imm. et juv. 



sk. 

 c'. 1mm. sk. 

 d\ Ad. sk. 

 e. Juv. sk. 



Saint Helena {H. Whitely). 

 Inacessible I., Tristan da 



Cunha, Oct. 

 Sierra Leone (Mitford). 

 Gold Coast (if. Whitely). 



Near Minicoy I., X. Indian 



Ocean. 

 Between Ceylon and Nicobar 



Is., 91° E., 8° N. 

 Malacca (A. C. Main(/ai/). 

 Lawas River, Sarawak, 



Borneo. 

 Admiralty Is. 



Pelew Is. (Mus. Gvdeffroy). 



Pelew Is. 



Pelew Is. [J. Colien). 



Off Bristow I., south coast of 

 New Guinea, April 24, 

 li<4~) (J. Mncf/iliivrnii). 



H. Saunders Coll. 



H. N. Ridlev, Esq. 



[R]. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 



H. Saunders Coll. 

 H.M.S. ' Challenger ' 



Exped. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 

 R. B. Sharoe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[R]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gov. Ussher [C.]. 



H.M.S. ' Challenger ' 



Exped. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 



J. Cohen [C.]. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 Voy. H.M.S. 'Rattle- 

 snake.' 



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