730 LARID^E. 



1442. AnOUS Stollda (Linn), Gould, B. Anstr. vii. pi. 34 ; Jerd., 

 B. Ind.\\\. p. 845 ; Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 379 ; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 320; 

 Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 669; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 116; Legge, B. 

 Ceylon, p. 1043; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Sind, p. 326; Oafes, B. Br* Burm. ii. 

 p. 434. The COMMON NODDY. 



A black line from the base of the bill to the eye ; forehead white ; crown 

 fulvous or yellowish grey ; neck, nape, chin, throat, breast, greater and lesser 

 wing coverts, under wing coverts, upper and under tail coverts and tail dark 

 chocolate brown ; back and primaries darker, or blackish brown ; legs and feet 

 black ; irides brown. 



Length. Male, 15 inches ; wing 1 1*5 ; tail 6'5 ; bill at front i'6. 



Hal. Sind and Mekran Coasts, also the Bay of Bengal, Laccadives and the 

 West Coast. 



1443. AnOUS tenuirostris (Tern.), Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, 

 p. 670, pi. Ixi. fig. I ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 116. Sterna tenuirostris, Tern. 

 PL Col. p. 202. Anous melanops, Gould, P. Z. S., 1845, p. 103; id., B.Austr. 

 vii. pi. 35. Anous senex (JLeacK)^ apud Hume y Str. F. ii. p. 321 ; iv. p. 480. 

 The GREY-FACED NODDY. 



Forehead, crown, nape and upper neck a clear french grey, shading off im- 

 perceptibly into the surrounding parts, a black band surrounding the upper 

 half and front of the eye, broader in front ; lores, cheeks, and sides of the neck 

 intermediate in colour between the crown and the throat, which with the whole 

 remaining plumage is chocolate brown j wings and tail almost black ; outer 

 web of first primary deep black; shafts of the primaries rufous brown,- a 

 narrow line of white on the lower eyelid and a still smaller one on the upper. 

 (Oates.) 



Length. About J2 inches; tail 4*5; wing 8-3; tarsus 0'8; bill from 

 gape 2-1. 



Hab. According to Hume, it is said to occur in the Bay of Bengal. One 

 specimen was got at Port Blair. Abundant in the Australian seas. Breeds in 

 some of the Islands in Torres Strait, laying a single egg, which is stone -coloured 

 and marked with red and brown. 



1444. Anous leucocapillus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 103 ; id^ 



B. Austr. vii. pi. 36; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 322; iv. p. 480; Saunders, P.Z. $*., 

 1876, p. 670, pi. Ixi. fig. 3; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 116. Anous tenuirostris 

 (Tern.), apud. Jerd., B. Jnd. ii. p. 846. The WHITE-HEADED NODDY. 



Forehead, crown and nape white ; a narrow line of white on the lower 

 eyelid ; lores blackish ; whole plumage chocolate brown, the quills darker. 

 Bill black ; gullet pale yellow ; feet black with the web fleshy yellow. 



