ZOOLOGY OP PERN ANDO NORONHA. 
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Fam. Columbidje. 
3. Zenaida maculata. 
Zenaida maculata (F.), Scl. Salv. Nomend. Av. Neotr. p. 132 (1873). 
Zenaida aurita, Gray, List Gallince etc. Brit. Mus. p. 14 (1855). 
Zenaida noronha, Gray, List Columbce, p. 47 (1856, deser. nulla). 
The bird from Fernando Noronha is merely a small race of the 
ordinary Z. maculata of the South- American continent, with a 
slightly shorter wing (5vl-5‘4 inches) and tail (2 , 75-3 , 2) ; but as 
some Brazilian specimens are of the same dimensions, I do not 
see how the idea of a small insular race can be maintained. 
[This little Dove is exceedingly common on all the islands where 
it can find food, and flies about from one island to the other, 
singly or in flocks of from 2 or 3 to 30. It is very tame, and 
even when fired at, or alarmed, usually goes but a short distance 
before settling. The nest is loose in texture, about 6 inches 
across, and built of small sticks of the Spermacoce, vetches, &c., 
and lined with roots. It is placed often in the bare branches of 
a Spondias or Burra, with no attempt at concealment. The eggs 
are two in number, white, blunt at both ends, and about 1J inch 
long. One bird shot offits nest proved to be a male. The convicts 
catch these birds both for eating and as pets, keeping them in 
wicker cages. They are fed on the seeds of Cassias and other 
Leguminosse and Cucurbitacese, and probably the fig and other 
succulent fruits. — II. N. Ah] 
Fam. Larid2e. 
4. Anous melanogenys, Gray ; Sharpe, Phil. Trans, vol. 1G8. 
p. 467 (1879). 
Two adults and a young bird agreed perfectly with speci- 
mens obtained on St. Paul’s Eock by the 1 Challenger ’ Expedition 
and determined by Mr. Howard Saunders. The young bird is 
browner than the adult, and has the head sooty brown with 
some white on the forehead, eyebrows, and occipital region. 
[This Noddy was very common on the island, and is called 
“ Yiuva preta.” A specimen also flew on board the vessel as 
we were going to Pernambuco from Europe, about a day’s steam 
from Fernando Noronha. The species nests in small colonies on 
the rocks in various spots, and also in trees in the Sapate. An 
egg was obtained from a nest on St. Michael’s Mount ; it was 
