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bases to throat feathers show as an obscure whitish patch : 

 the belly mark distinct but ill defined : lower tail coverts have 

 long black tips with white bases and extend to end of tail : 

 there is a whitish patch on the inner wing coverts and a 

 brownish outer wing covert patch. Wing 146, tail 69, tarsus 

 41, mid. toe 27, culmen 15 mm. Nostrils tending upward. 

 This is my Fregetta tropica australis. Gould had not an 

 Australian specimen of this bird or gtattjrius. 

 \s A specimen labelled " Fulmarus (<3 ; ) Parkinsoni Gray, 

 East Coast of N.S. Wales, May 1875." This is the only skin 

 that I know to have been secured in Australia. The measure- 

 ments are : wing 346, tarsus 55, mid. toe 61, culmen 45 mm. 

 It is worthy of remark that the above three very rare birds 

 were all obtained in May 1875, suggesting that severe gales 

 occurred in that month driving many seabirds northward, 

 these three being brought to the notice of ornithologists. 



A bird labelled " Pterodroma (9) Lessoni Garn, Richmond 

 River. (Blown inland during the storm of 23 and 24 June, 

 1879.) " Another authentic record of this species. 



A skin labelled " Sterna melanorhyncha, Warrior Reef, 

 July 17, 1875," proves to be striata in winter plumage. The 

 reference therefore of Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.. Vol. I., p. 62, 

 1875, based on this specimen must be transferred from the 

 synonymy of S. d. gracilis as given in my Birds of Australia. 

 Vol. II., p. 358, to that of 8. s. melanorhyncha, p. 366. 



The skin labelled " Sterna (£) nigrifrons Masters, Warrior 

 Reef, Torres Straits, July 17, 1875 (Type) " is a specimen of 

 S. gracilis (the Australian form of S. dougalli) in full plumage. 

 In the dried skin the bill is black and the feet yellow. The 

 measurements taken are : wing 224, tail 155, tarsus 22, 

 culmen 39 mm. 



The specimen labelled " Sternula {$) inconspicua Masters, 

 Cape York, Sept. 29, 1875," is in winter plumage and measures : 

 wing 181, tail 69, tarsus 18, culmen 29 mm. 



The skin labelled " Podargus (<$) Gouldii Masters, Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, June 1875 (Type of the species)." Was collected 

 near Normanton* 



