On the Birds of Gough Island. 247 



Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, ii. 

 p. 679 (1903). 



Bo, January 1904. Eyes bright yellow ring; bill black; 

 feet and claws dark slate-coloured. 



143. Oriolus nigripexxis. 



Oriolus nigripennis Verr. ; Reichen. Yog. Afrikas, ii. 

 p. 661 (1903). 



c? ? . Bo, February 1904. Irides blood -red; bill 

 reddish ; feet and claws blue slate-coloured. 



141. DlCRURUS AFER. 



Dicrurus afer (Licht.) ; Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 646 

 (1903). 



Bo, May and August 1903. Bill, feet, and claws black ; 

 irides blood-red. 



145. CORVUS SCAPULATUS. 



Curvus scapulalus Daud. ; Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, ii. 

 p. 634 (1903). 

 Rotifunk, 1902. 

 Bo, 1903. 

 Common at both places. 



XXI. — Ornithological Results of the Scottish National 

 Antarctic Expedition. — I. On the Birds of Gough Island, 

 South Atlantic Ocean. By Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.R.S.E., 

 F.L.S. 



(Plate VI.) 



When homeward bound from the farthest southern point 

 reached — the newly discovered Coats-Land — the Scottish 

 Antarctic Expedition paid a flying visit to Gough Island, 

 and made the collection of birds here described. This con- 

 tains forty-five specimens, and, with the Antarctic birds, 

 has been placed in my hands for identification and record. 



Gough Island, or, to speak more correctly, Diego Alvarez 

 (for such it was named by its Portuguese discoverers), is 

 situated in lat. 40° 19' S. and long. 9° 41' W. It lies 

 far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, being some 1500 



