232 Mr. D. A. Bannerinan on the 



M. (B. parasitus (Daud.), as pointed out by Dr. Hartert 

 (Bull. B. O.C. xxxiii. 1914, p. 90). This race differs from 

 typical M. (Eyyptius in being smaller, browner, and darker 

 throughout. 



6. Phaethon lepturus. 



Lepturus candidus J5riss. ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1893, p. 45; id. 1903, p. 57. 



Phaethon lepturus Lacep. et Daud. ; Salvadori, Oru. Golfo 

 d. Guinea, iii. 1903, p. 98. 



Bocage examined two examples of this Tropic-bird from 

 Annobon. They were obtained on the Pico Estephania, 

 at an elevation of 500 metres. 



7. Sula leucogastra. 



Sala fiber (Bodd.); Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1893, 

 p. 45 ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. 1903, p. 98. 



Sula leucogastra Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1903, p. 57. 



Bocage received two males and two females of this species 

 from Francisco Newton, who procured them on Tortuga 

 islet. 



8. ^Ardea gularis. 



Ardea gularis Bosc, Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, i. 1792, 

 p. 4. 



a. S ad. (No. 1). Lake Annobon. 20. ii. 09. 



A single adult example of this Heron was obtained by 

 Boyd Alexander. It is the first record from the island. 



9. Butorides atricapillus. 



Butorides atricapillus (Afzel.) ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1893, p. 44 ; id. 1903, p. 57 ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, iii. 1903, p. 97. 



Bocage records the only example of this species which 

 has been obtained in Annobon. 



10. Numenius phasopus. 



Numenius phcEopus Linn. ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1893, p. 44; id. 1903, p. 57; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, iii. 1903, p. 97. 



Bocage received a female from the islet of Tortuga. 



