198 



Hon- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Saunders Coll. 



Saunders Coll. 



Sir E. Belcher [P.]. . 



E. L. Layard, Esq. "[P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Transit of Venus Exped. 



Gould Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. < Challenger/ 



Gould Coll. 



Saunders Coll. 



Rev. S. J. Whitmee [0.]. 



Saunders Coll. 



Saunders Coll. 



3. South-west-of-all Cay, Brit. 



duras,|12th May (O. S.). 

 2. Glover's Reef, Brit. Honduras ( 0. S.). 



5. Ascension Island (Dr. Gill). 



4. Mauritius. 



2. Round Island, Mauritius. 



1. Sandy Island (E. L. Layard). 



6. Rodriguez Island (H. H. Slater). 



5. Australia. 



9. Raine Island, Barrier Reef, Australia. 



2. Ho wick Islands, N.E. Australia (J. 



Macgillivray) . 



3. Lord Howe Island. 

 2. Ellice Islands. 



2. Sala y Gomez Island, Pacific Ocean 



(J. R. H. MacFarlane). 

 2. Ninafou or Hope Island, Navigator 

 Group. 



Anous ridgwayi, Anthony. 

 (Plate XV. fig. 6.) 



Anous stolidus ridgwayi, Anthony, Auk, 1898, p. 36 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 137 (1899). 



The three eggs of Ridgway's Noddy contained in the Collection 

 are remarkable for their very feeble coloration. The ground is 

 white or of a very pale cream-colour. At the larger end of each egg 

 there is a cluster of spots and small blotches of rusty brown, but 

 elsewhere the surface-markings are almost absent, consisting of 

 only a few small spots widely scattered. The underlying markings 

 of very pale purple are more evenly distributed over the whole 

 shell. The three examples measure respectively : 2'04 by 1-43 ; 

 2-1 by 1-45; 2-1 by 1-44. 



3. Socorro Island, 12th May. 



A. W. Anthony, Esq. [P.]. 



Anous galapagensis, Sharpe. 

 (Plate XV. fig. 5.) 



Anous galapagensis, Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 143 (1896) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 137 (1899). 

 Anous stolidus galapagensis, Rothsch. fy Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 191 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Galapagos Noddy are smaller than the majority 

 of those of A. stolidus, but do not otherwise differ. The six 

 specimens contained in the Collection can be easily matched by eggs 

 of that species. They measure from 1-85 to 2'01 in length, and 

 from 1-3 to 1-35 in breadth. 



1. Culpepper Island, Galapagos, 27th Webster-Harris Exped. 



July (<?. D. Hull). 

 1. Culpepper Island, 27th July (C. M. Webster-Harris Exped. 



Harris). 

 1. Culpepper Island, 27th July (Otto Webster-Harris Exped. 



Limbke) . 



