148 LARID.T;. 



/'. Juv. St. Off BarDard Is., Queensland Voy. H.M.S. 'Eattle- 



{J. M.). snake.' 



(/'. Ad.sk. Moreton Bay, Queensland Yov. H.M.S. 'Rattle- 



(J. M.). ' snake.' 



(? Type of A. melanogenys, Gray.) 



h! . Ad. sk. Port Maekay, Queensland H. Saunders Coll. 



(3Ins. Godeffrm/). 



I. Ad. sk. Phillip I. {liev. P. Metcalfe). H. Saunders Coll. 



k'. 2 ad. sk. Bua, Fiji Is., Dec. {K L. Tweeddale Coll. 



Layard). 



I'-p'. S ? ad. sk. Ovalau, Fiji, Jan., Feb., & Tweeddale & 



Oct. Seebohm Colls. 



9'. 2 ad. sk. Levuka, Fiji, Feb. (£'.i.Z.). Tweeddale Coll. 



?•'. 2 ad. sk. Naudronga, Fiji, Oct. {E. Tweeddale Coll. 



L. L.). 



.s'. $ imni. sk. Tuntratabu, Nov. {Dr. Coj)- Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



pinger). 



t' . Juv. sk. Ellice Is. Eev. S. J. Whitmee 



[C.]. 



ii'-w'. S $ ad. sk. Raiatea, Society Is., Nov. II. Saunders Coll. 



(J. Younr/). 



x',y'. Ad.sk. Vostok I., Oct. (CowjMr.ikfac- H. Saunders Coll. 



Farlane). 



z' . Ad.sk. Atsea, between the Admiralty H.M.S. ' Challenger ' 



and Caroline Is., 5° N., Exped. 



March 20, 1875. 



a". Skeleton. British Honduras (0. <SW/ri'«)- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Micranous hawaiiensis. 



Anous tennirostris, Grai/ [nee Temm.), List B. Brit. Mus., Anseres, 



p. 181 (1844 : Sandwich Is.). 

 ? Anous tenuirostris, Zw7</. Koniencl. A v. p. 79 (1854: Sandwich 



Is.). 

 ? Anous melanogeuys, Stepieyer, Fr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xi. p. 94 (1889 : 



Niahau, Hawaiian Is.). 

 Anous hawaiiensis, Bothschild, BuU. Brit. Orn. Chib, no. x. p. xvii 



(July 1893), and Ibis, 1893, p. 571 (Hawaiian Is.) ; id. Avifauna 



Laysan. pt. i. p. 43, cum tab., i:^^, pi. iii. tig. 13 (Aug. 1893). 



Adult in hreeding-phimage. Forehead and crown grej'ish white, 

 much as in M. temdrostris, but the lores are quite black and the 

 cheeks are dark lead-grey ; nape, shoulders, and mantle not so 

 dark as in M. Inicocapillus ; tail distinctly grey ; underparts sooty 

 black, throat deep plumbeous : bill black ; tarsi and toes brown, 

 webs yellowish. Total length i;3-5 inches, culmen 1-8, wing 8"65, 

 tail 5, tarsus 0-75, middle toe with claw 1-25. 



Immature. Similar, with a browner tint. 



This species is intermediate between M. tenuirostris and M. leuco- 

 capiUus, though nearer to the latter. Since Mr. liothschild named 

 the species, a specimen of which he has presented, I have discovered 

 another example in the Museum Collection. This was obtained 

 many years ago by Capt. Lord Eyron, of H.M.S. ' Blonde,' probably 

 at or near the Sandwich Islands. 



Hah. Sandwich Islands and vicinity. 



