202 Lieut. H. 11. Kelham on 



checks, a band acros.s the upper part of the back, and all the 

 underparts white, slightly dusky on the breast; upper parts 

 delicate French grey, very silvery on the wings ; inner por- 

 tions of the inner webs of wing-quills white ; tail very deeply 

 forked. 



I got other specimens near Singapore during September 

 and October. 



Sterna sumatkaxa, Raffl. The Black-uaped Tern. 



Common among the islands at the south of the peninsula. 

 A specimen shot in the Johore Strait late in September was 

 a male, length 13^ inches, beak at front 1 ^ ; irides dark 

 brown ; beak and legs black ; tail very long and forked, the 

 two outer feathers projecting 1^ inch beyond the others ; 

 top of head, also the face, silvery white ; a black streak 

 passes from the beak through the eye, and enlarges into a 

 broad patch on the nape ; upper parts, tail, and Avings pale 

 French grey ; outer web of first primary black ; underparts 

 glossy Avhite delicately tinged with a most beautiful rosy 

 hue. Its stomach contained small fishes. 



SULA AUSTKALIS (?) . 



In June 1877 I saw several Gannets sitting on some drift- 

 ng tree-trunks a few miles out to sea oft' the mouth of the 

 Perak river. 



Attagen minor (Gm.). The Frigate-bird. 



On 23rd September, 1880, I got an immature Frigate-bii'd 

 on Pulo Nongso, about ten miles oft" the south coast of Sin- 

 gapore ; I believe it to be the only specimen recorded as 

 having Ijeen obtained in the Straits. 



With some friends I was shooting green Pigeons as they 

 came at dusk to roost on the island. Shortly after sunset, 

 while waiting for the Pigeons, we saw a large bird flying 

 towards the shore, and sailing along close over the surface of 

 the sea. As it passed near one of our party, he brought it down. 

 Length about 30 inches ; beak and gullet pale bluish white ; 

 feet webbed and of a dull fleshy white ; head, neck, and throat 

 white, mottled with umber-lirown, becoming dark brown on 



