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3. Zenaida auriculata (Temm.). 



Zenaida auriculata Salvad. Cat. B. xxi. p. 384. 



c? ad. This small Dove is the most abundant bird on the 

 island. It is very difficult to find it when shot, owing to the 

 dense undergrowth. I saw several large flocks sitting on 

 the branches of a species of fig-tree which grows all over 

 the island. Its note is a loud rattling " coo." 



4. Strepsilas ixterpres (Linn.). 



Area aria interpres Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 92. 



I shot two immature Turnstones out of a flock of about 

 thirty, which was apparently entirely composed of young 

 birds. 



5. Sterna fuliginosa (Gin.). 



Sterna fuliginosa Saunders, Cat. B. xxv. p. 106. 

 This Tern was abundant and breeding on the island. I 

 was too late to find eggs. 



6. Phaethon lepturus (Lacep. & Daudin). 

 Phai : tlioi/ lepturus Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 453. 



$ $ . Bill yellowish green ; tail-streamers washed with 

 palest pink. 



I saw several of these birds sailing up and down past the 

 Settlement on the island. Lord Crawford shot the two 

 specimens the day after Ave arrived. 



On Dec. 26th we anchored off Bahia, and soon afterwards 

 went ashore. We were delayed there till Jan. 5th, 1903. The 

 British Consul invited me to collect in his garden, in which 

 I obtained several birds, butterflies, &c. We made five or 

 six excursions to the Island of Itaparica, about ten miles 

 across the bay from Bahia. We used to go in the steam- 

 launch as close to the shore as we could, and then land in a 

 small Berthon boat. This island was swarming with birds 

 and butterflies. It was covered in places with thick tropical 

 jungle, with open glades between. I heard many song-birds, 

 and a Thrush rivalled our Blackbird in the richness of its 

 notes. 



