1877.] MR, E, NEWTON ON THE BIRDS OF ANJUAN. 295 
of the colour of the back ; paired fins and anal yellowish. No dots 
or ocelli. Young with numerous parr-marks. 
The number of pyloric appendages were found to vary ; one male 
has 31, another 35, a third 44, and a female 42. 
Several specimens were obtained on Victoria Lake (lat. 82° 34'), 
and in freshwater pools of Floe-berg Beach (lat. 82° 28’). Dr. E. 
Moss kindly communicated to me a coloured sketch of a specimen 
caught in North-Ravine Lake. Specimens 12 inches in length 
are full-grown ; no larger ones were found. The ovaries and testicles 
in specimens caught in the month of August show the commence- 
ment of seasonal development. 
Note.—It may be mentioned here that, of the collections made 
during the visit of H.M.S. ‘ Valorous,’ the following species from 
the Greenland coast have been sent to the British Museum :— 
Cottus grénlandicus, C. V., young; Cottus tricuspis, C.V., 
young ; Centronotus fasciatus, Bl., young ; Sticheus punc- 
tatus, Fabr. These were obtained at Godhavn Harbour. 
Aspidophoroides monopterygius, Bl., young, obtained at a 
depth of 30 fathoms in lat. 65°, long 53°. 
These fishes are well-known inhabitants of the coasts of South 
Greenland. 
7. On a Collection of Birds from the Island of Anjuan. By 
Epwarp Newton, M.A., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of 
Mauritius, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 
[Received March 20, 1877.] 
(Plates XXXIII., XXXIV.) 
My friend Mr. C. E. Bewsher, of Mauritius, last autumn had the 
opportunity of paying a visit to the little-known island of Anjuan’ 
or Joanna, one of the Comoro group, and while there was most hos- 
pitably entertained by the Sultan, and by Mr. Sunley, an English 
sugar-planter of some long residence there, whose kindness to the 
officers of Her Majesty’s fleet when visiting this remote spot is well 
known and appreciated in the navy. 
Mr. Bewsher remained in Anjuan seven weeks, and during that time 
made a large collection of mammals, birds, reptiles, shells, ferns 
and other plants. 
The first two Mr. Bewsher has kindly forwarded to me; and the 
birds I lay before the Society this evening, with a few remarks 
concerning each. The collection is not only most interesting, but is 
also in very excellent condition. 
Members will recollect that Mr. Sclater gave an instructive account 
of these islands in ‘The Ibis’ for 1864, p. 292, and appended a list 
1 “Anjouan, dont le véritable nom, suivant Yautorité du savant William 
Jones, est Hinzoudn, écrit aussi Anzwame, Anzouan, Juanny, a fini méme, sous 
Vinfluence d’idées chrétiennes, par s’appeler Johanna.”—Oscar Maccarthy, in 
«L’Univers : les iles d'Afrique, pt. iii. § iti. ; les iles Arabes, p. 125 (Paris: 1848), 
