from New Zealand and adjacent Islands. 561 



38. Procelsterna cinerea (Gould). 



Procelsterna cinerea Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. 

 p. 135 (1896). 



a-c. Adult. Dusky Sound, Otago District, South Island, 

 New Zealand, June 1901. 



The Little Noddy has only once before been obtained in 

 New Zealand [cf. Buller, B. New Zeal. ii. p. 78 (1888)]. 



39. Sterna vittata Gmel. 



Sterna vittata Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 51 

 (1896). 



a. Adult *. Bounty Is., 15th January, 1901. 



b, c. $ ? adult. Antipodes I., 14th January, 1901. 



d, e. $ adult et $ immature. Campbell Is., 10th January, 

 1901. 



Iris black ; bill crimson ; legs reddish-orange. In young 

 birds the bill is black, reddish at the base of the mandibles, 

 and the legs are blackish-red (F. W. Hutton). 



This Tern appears to have been common at the above- 

 mentioned islands. 



40. Sterna fuliginosa Gmel. 



Sterna fuliginosa Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 106 

 (1896). 



a-d. Kermadec Islands. 



Two eggs of the Sooty Tern sent from Sunday Island, 

 Kermadec Islands, are of the usual type and similar to 

 the specimens described in the British Museum Catalogue. 



41. Larus scopulinus Gray. 



Larus scopulinus Buller, B. New Zeal. ii. pp. 55, 62 

 (1888) : Filhol, Mem. Ac. France, Pass. Venus, Miss, de 

 Tile Campbell, iii. pt. ii. p. 40 (1885) ; Saunders, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 238 (1896) ; Sharpe, Rep. Birds ' Southern 

 Cross' Exped. p. 165 (Campbell I.), 1902. 



Captain F. W. Hutton reports the Mackerel- Gull from 



* It had not previously been recorded from the Bounty Islands ; 

 unfortunately the above-mentioned specimen, being in a bad state, could 

 not be preserved. 



