Mindeskrift for J. Steenstrup. XXVII. 



R. H. Stamin phot- 



Fig. I. Tail of a Noddy {Anous stolidus) with a multi- 

 tude of Halobates-eggs on the feathers. 'h. 



No. 8. Five Spirula-shells with 

 eggs. 29°Lat.N., 20°Long. 

 W. Hygom. 



- 9. A small coal slag with 



about 30 eggs. 28°20'Lat. 

 N.,18°LongW. 20/^4 1842. 

 Andrea. 



From the Pacific and the 

 Indian Sea. 



No. 10. A Noddy {Anous stolidus) 

 with many hundreds of 

 eggs placed on the tail 

 feathers. The bird was 

 captured with the eggs on 

 it, and had thus been liv- 

 ing, when they were laid. 

 The collector stated, how- 

 ever, that it was some- 

 what feeble. The Red Sea 

 11. 1911. Chief-officer O. 

 Christiani. (Fig. 1). 



- 11. A small pi^ce of sea-weed 



with about half a hundred 

 eggs, some with embryos. 

 The Mozambique Channel, 

 i%i 1863. Hansen and 

 Thalbitzer. 



- 12. A Spirula-shell, almost 



wholly covered with eggs, 

 in many of the eggs are 

 embryos. 3° 10' Lat. S., 

 89° 51' Long. E. 29/, 1863. 

 Hansen and Thalbitzer. 



- 13. A Lepas and a small piece 



of sea-weed with eggs. 

 Siam Bay, ^^j, 1900. Th. 

 Mortensen. 



