50 • Murphy, Birds of Fernando Noronha. [j an . 



Noronha specimens of Z. auriculata are somewhat less than those of 

 birds from the South American continent. Probably the form is 

 worthy of subspecific distinction, for according to the astronomer 

 Halley " Turtle Doves " were abundant at Fernando Noronha at 

 the time of his visit in February 1699. 



My specimens show three stages of the moult, the sequence of 

 which seems to be as follows : — The inner primaries and central 

 rectrices are first moulted; after the replacement of these by new 

 feathers the remaining quills are lost, primaries 10 and 9 being the 

 last to drop out. The moult of the contour feathers follows that 

 of the quills. 



The female dove in the collection is as brightly colored as a male 

 in new plumage. 



13. Elainea ridleyana Sharpe. Elainea ridleyana, Sharpe, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1888, p. 107. 



This flycatcher and the following species of Vireosylva are 

 endemic. 



14. Vireosylva gracilirostris (Sharpe). Vireo gracilirostris 

 Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) XX, 1890, p. 478. 



Many of these greenlets were seen in the fig trees and in the 

 thickets near the beach. A cf and a 9 , both breeding birds, were 

 collected. Both were in fresh plumage, some of the body feathers 

 not having lost the sheaths, while the quill feathers show only the 

 slightest signs of wear. The contour feathers of the back measure 

 up to 35 mm. in length. 



Measurements of skins. 



In addition to the fourteen species listed above, references are 

 made in several of the works which I have cited to the following 

 birds: — "small plover," "bird resembling a Yellowshank," 

 "sandpiper," "curlew," and "a small species of Albatross." 



