28 COLLECTIONS FROM MELANESIA.. 



71. Sterna dougalli, Mont. 



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



a. tf juv. Channel Rock, Torres Straits, June 1881. 



A very interesting specimen of the Roseate Tern in young plum- 

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

 Saunders. 



72. Sterna caspia, Pall. 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 201 . 

 a. 2 • Channel Rock, June 1881. 



73. Sterna ansestheta (Scop.). 

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



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



and feet black ; iris lead-colour. 



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



74. Nycticorax caledonicns (Lath.). 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 199. 



a. 8 . Thursday Island, June 1881. Iris orange-colour ; space 

 round eyes greenish yellow. 



75. Demiegretta sacra (Gm.). 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 199. 

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



76. Butorides javanica (IlorsfX 



Ramsay, t. e. p. 199. 



a. 2- Thursday Island, June 1881. Legs and feet yellow ; iris 

 yellow. 



77. Microcarbo melanoleucus (V.). 



Salvad. Orn. Papuasia etc. iii. p. 410. 

 Graculus melanoleucus, Rams/n/, t. c. p. 203. 



a. 2 ad. Horn Island. Torres Straits. Sept. I SSI. Iris dark : 

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



