﻿28 
  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  71. 
  Sterna 
  dougalli, 
  Mont. 
  

  

  Saunders, 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1876, 
  p. 
  652 
  ; 
  Ramsaij, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  201. 
  

  

  a. 
  (^ 
  juv. 
  Channel 
  Rock, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  June 
  1881. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  iuteresting 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  lioseate 
  Tern 
  in 
  young 
  plum- 
  

   age. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  identified, 
  like 
  the 
  other 
  Terns, 
  bj 
  Mr. 
  Howard 
  

   Saunders. 
  

  

  72. 
  Sterna 
  caspia, 
  Pall. 
  

  

  Pamsa)/, 
  t, 
  c. 
  p. 
  201 
  . 
  

   a. 
  2 
  ' 
  Channel 
  Rock, 
  June 
  1881. 
  

  

  73. 
  Sterna 
  anaestheta 
  (Scop.). 
  

   Saunders, 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1876, 
  p. 
  664 
  ; 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  201. 
  

  

  a. 
  $ 
  juv. 
  Off 
  Booby 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  Aug. 
  16, 
  1881. 
  BiU 
  

  

  and 
  feet 
  black 
  ; 
  iris 
  lead-colour. 
  

  

  b. 
  6 
  ad. 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Channel, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  Sept. 
  1881. 
  

  

  74. 
  Nycticorax 
  caledonicus 
  (Lath.). 
  

   Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  199. 
  

  

  a. 
  S 
  . 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  June 
  1881. 
  Iris 
  orange-colour 
  ; 
  space 
  

   round 
  eyes 
  greenish 
  yellow. 
  

  

  75. 
  Demiegretta 
  sacra 
  (Om.). 
  

   Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  199. 
  

   a.S. 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  June 
  1881. 
  Iris 
  yellow. 
  

  

  76. 
  Butorides 
  javanica 
  (Horsf.). 
  

  

  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  199. 
  

  

  a. 
  $. 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  June 
  1881. 
  Legs 
  and 
  feet 
  yellow 
  ; 
  iris 
  

   yellow. 
  

  

  77. 
  Microcarbo 
  melanoleucus 
  (V.). 
  

  

  Salvad. 
  Om. 
  Papuasia 
  etc. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  410. 
  

   Graculus 
  melanoleucus, 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  203. 
  

  

  a. 
  2 
  ad. 
  Horn 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  Sept. 
  1881. 
  Iris 
  dark; 
  

   bill 
  and 
  throat 
  olive-green 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  dark 
  olive-green. 
  

  

  