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773. ANGUS TENUIROSTBJS. 

 THE GREY-FACED NODDY. 



Sterna tenuirostris, Tttnm. PL Col. 202. Anous melanops, (Joidd, P. Z. S. 

 1845, p. 103 ; id. B. Anstr. vii. pi. 35. Anous senex (Leach), apml Hume, S. F. 

 ii. p. 321, iv. p. 480. Anous tenuirostris, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 670, 

 pi. Ixi. tig. 1 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 116. 



Description. Forehead, crown, nape and upper neck a clear French grey, 

 shading off imperceptibly into the surrounding parts ; a black band sur- 

 rounding 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 ; 

 the wings and tail almost black; outer web of the 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. 



Length about 12 inches, tail 4'5, wing 8'3, tarsus '8, bill from gape 2*1. 



The Grey-faced Noddy is stated by Mr. Hume to occur in the Bay of 

 Bengal, and one specimen obtained at Port Blair came within his own 

 observation. 



It has almost as wide a range as the preceding, but it is especially 

 abundant in the Australian seas. It breeds on some of the islands in 

 Torres Straits, and lays a single egg, which is stone-coloured marked with 

 red and brown. 



774. ANOUS LEUCOCAPILLUS. 

 THE WHITE-HEADED NODDY. 



Anous leucocapiUus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 103 ; id. B. Austr. vii. pi. 36 ; 11 

 8. F. ii. p. 322, iv. p. 480 ; Saundt-r*, P. /. -V. 1 ^76, p. 670, pi. Ixi. fig. 3 ; Ji 

 S. F. viii. p. 116. Anous tenuirostris (Temm.), apud Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 846. 



Description. Forehead, crown and nape white, very abruptly defined 

 from the surrounding parts ; a narrow line of white on the lower eyelid ; 

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



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

 (Jerdon.) 



Length about 13 inches, tail 5, wing 9, tarsus '95, bill from gape 2*2. 



