1877.] DR. O. FINSCH ON THE BIRDS OF PONAPi:. 781 



primaries are not cinnamon, but dull rusty brown, and the win"-3 

 are a trifle longer (about ^ inch) . ° 



The female differs a good deal from a Sumatran specimen ; the 

 back, wings, and remainder of upper parts are blackish, nearly 

 without rusty vermicnlations ; the wing-feathers are externally 

 broadly edged with fulvous, which is the prominent coloration of 

 underparts ; the flank-feathers are margined with blackish ; the feet 

 are yellow (not dark, as in the Sumatran specimen). 



Although no particulars are given, I am inclined to believe that 

 the differences which this bird shows are due to a domestic state. 



19. Charadrius fulvus, Gm. ; Finsch, /. c. p. 38. 

 In Mr. Kubary's first collection. 



20. Strepsilas interpres, L. 



One male in winter dress, the other nearly in full plumage. 

 Ponape is a new locality for this cosmopolitan species. 



21. Ardea sacra, Gm. ; Finsch, /. c. p. 38. 



One white specimen (labelled female), and one slate-blue (also 

 marked female). The latter shows only a few faint traces of white 

 feathers along the middle of the chin. 



22. AcTiTis incana (Gm.) ; Finsch, I. c. p. 38. 

 Sent previously by Mr. Kubary. 



23. Sterna bergii, Licht. 



Male and female exactly alike. 

 Ponape is a new locality for this Tern. 



24. Sterna fuliginosa, Gm. ; Finsch, I. c. p. 39. 

 In the former collection of Mr. Kubary. 



25. Angus stolidus (L.), /. c. p. 40. 



The specimen sent by Mr. Kubary confirms tny suggestion as 

 regards the supposed J. pileatns in the Vienna Museum, collected 

 during the voyage of the ' Novara,' near Ponape. 



26. Angus leucocapillus, Gould. 



A. leucocapillus, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 670, t. Ixi. f. 3. 

 A. tenuirostris, Finsch (wecTemm.), pt., Journ. Mus. God. Heft 

 viii. (1875) p. 42. 



One specimen, a young one, with not fully developed wings, but in 

 the full colour of the adult ; the sides of the head are uniform black, 

 and not tinged with grey, this being, according to Mr. Saunders, a 

 chief point of distinction in A. melanogenys. 



I may remark that in a good series of Sooty Terns, from Palau, 

 vihich axe A. melanogenys, Gould, = ^. tenuirostris, YAtil. (not of 

 Temminck, as given erroneously by me), there were two young birds, 

 corresponding in size and colour with the one before me, which also 



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