204 Mr. G. C. Shortridge on Birds from 



171. CEstrelata macroptera (Smith) ; S. & L. p. 76(5. 



(1) 13.0.02. ?. Iris grey-black ; bill black; legs black. 



(2) 14.6.02. 



Very common at sea, but never coming to the coast 

 except after rough weather. 



172. CEstrelata mollis (Gould); S. & L. p. 76(5. 



(1) 14.6.02. <J. Iris black; bill black; legs black and 



pink. 



(2) 14.6.02. ? . 



Occasionally seen in flocks on the sea-shore at St. Johns 

 after rough weather. 



173. Prion banksi Gould ; Salvin, Cat. B. xxv. p. 434. 

 (1) 15.6.02. J. Iris black; legs slate-blue; bill blue 



and slate-coloured. 

 This species is fairly plentiful on the coast after rough 

 weather, when it is often driven miles inland. 



174. *Diomedea melanophrys Temm. ; S. & L. p. 772. 

 Fairly plentiful at sea off St. Johns. [This species has 



been identified from the skull. — W. L. S.] 



1?."). *Hagedashxa hagedash (Lath. ) ; S. & L. p. 739. 

 (1) 25.2.02. ?. Legs dark red-brown; bill dark brown, 



red above. In the stomach, insects and Crustacea. 

 This Ibis is fairly common, especially during the winter 

 months, when it is gregarious. At night it always roosts 

 on certain trees, generally those overhanging the river, and 

 it is then very easy to shoot specimens, as they seldom leave 

 ihc trees for long. A few pairs stay to breed at St. Johns. 



176. Ardea bubulcus And. 



(1) 13.10.02. J. Iris pale yellow ; bill pinkish yellow ; 



legs yellowish brown. In the stomach, frogs and 

 locusts. 



(2) 12.10.02. (J. In the stomach, locusts. 



(3) 12.10.02. J . Skin round the eye flesh-coloured, 



tinged with blue. 

 The Buff- backed Egret is of uncertain appearance in the 

 winter season, when it occasionally arrives in flocks. 



