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Sterna bergii LiCHT V. 



Several specimens on the shore of Verlaten I. North 

 Sept. 1920 (S.). 



* Sterna nielana lichen Temm V. S. 



Old and young specimens abundant on Verlaten I. North 



Sept. 1920; seen at sea near Sebesy April 1921 (S.). 



* Sterna doiigalli Mont . V. 



Also common on Verlaten I. North Sept. 1920 (S.). 



One nest with 1 tgg and two nests each with 2 eggs 

 of a Sterna spec, were found on Verlaten I. 28th July 

 1919 by Dr. ESCHER. 



Ralli. 



Amaurornis phoenicura FORST K. V. 



Krakatau, Verlaten I., a young chicken on Verlaten I. 

 April 1919 (B.); a young specimen at Krakatau S. E. and 

 one adult on Verlaten I. Sept. 1920; Sebesy April 1921 (S.). 



Ardeae> 



Butorides javanica HORSF V. 



One specimen observed on Verlaten I. 26th Sept. 1920 (S.). 



Deniiegretta sacra Gm K. 



One specimen on Krakatau and one on Bootsmansrots, 

 between Krakatau and Verlaten I. April 1919 (B,); a small 

 colony of the white phase was seen roosting on a tree 

 at Krakatau S. E. Dec. 1919; a single specimen at Sebesy 

 Sept. 1920 (DAMMERMAN); Sebesy April 1921 (S.). 



Fregatae» 



Fregata spec . K. 



Three specimens of a Frigate bird were observed flying 

 over Krakatau April 1919- (B.); also seen above Sebesy 

 April 1921 (S.). 



Procellarii. 



Oceanodroma monorhis SwiNH V. 



One specimen of this petrel came flying aboard the 

 ship in the evening of the 23rd. Oct. 1921, when we 

 were at anchor near Verlaten I. North (DAMMERMAN). 



