198 LAEID^. 



3. Soutli-west-of-all Cay, Brit. Hon- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



duras,{12th May (O. .S'.). 



■2. Glover's Reef, Brit. Honduras (0. S.). Saunders Coll. 



5. Ascension Island (D?-. Gill). Saunders Coll. 



4. Mauritius. Sir- E. Belcher [P.]. 



2. Round Island, Maui-itius. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Sandy Island (E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Rodriguez Island {H. H. Slater). Transit of Venus Exped. 



5. Australia. Gould Coll. 



9. Raine Island, Barrier Reef, Australia. "Voy. H.M.S. * Challenger.' 



2. Howick Islands, N.E. Australia {J. Gould Coll. 



Mac(iillivray). 



3. Lord Howe Island. Saunders Coll. 



2. Ellice Islands. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



2. Sala y Gomez Island, Pacific Ocean Saunders Coll. 

 (J. R. H. MacTarlane). 



2. Ninafou or Hope Island, Na^-igator Saunders Coll. 



Group. 



Anous ridgwayi, Antliony. 



(Plate X7. fig. 6.) 



Anous stolidus ridgwayi, Anthony, Auk, 1898, p. 36 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 137 (1899). 



The three eggs of Ridgway's Noddy contained in the Collection 

 are remarkable for their very feeble coloration. The ground is 

 white or of a very pale cream-colour. At the larger end of each c^^ 

 there is a cluster of spots- and small blotches of rusty brown, but 

 elsewhere the surface-markings are almost absent, consisting!; of 

 only a few small spots widely scattered. The underlying markings 

 of very pale purple are more evenly distributed over the whole 

 sheU. .The three examples measure respectively: 2*04 by 1-43; 

 21 by 1-45 ; 2-1 by 1-44. 



3. Socorro Island, 12th May. A. W. Anthony, Esq. [P.]. 



Anous galapagensis, Sharpe. 

 (Plate XV. fig. 5.) 



Anous galapagensis, Satmders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 143 (1896) ; 



Shmye, Hand-l. i. p. 137 (1899). 

 Anous stolidus galapagensis, Itothsch. 8,- Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 191 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Galapagos Noddy are smaller than the majority 

 of those of A. stolidus, but do not otherwise differ. The six 

 specimens contained in the Collection can be easily matched by egg!^ 

 of that species. They measure from 1-85 to 2-01 in length, and 

 from 1*3 to 1*35 in breadth. 



1. Culpepper Island, Galapagos, 27th Webster-Harris Exped. 



July (C. D. Hull). 

 1. Culpepper Island, 27th July (C. M. Webster-Hams Exped. 



Harris). 

 1. Culpepper Island, 27th July (Otto Webster-Harris Exped. 



Limbke) . 



