BIBDS. 485 



From the Seychelles. 



9. Ardea atricapilla, Afzel. 

 , Hartl. t. c. p. 308. 



a. Seychelles, March 1882. Iris reddish brown ; upper mandible 

 black, lower one yellow ; legs and feet yeUow. 



10. Ardea bubulcus, Sav. 

 Hartl. i.c. p. 302. 



a. cJ . Bird Island, Seychelles, March 4, 1882. Iris light yellow ; 



bill reddish yellow ; legs and feet greenish yellow. 



b. c? . Bird Island. Legs and feet greenish grey. 



11. Strepsilas interpres (L.). 

 Hartl. t.c.^.2dS. 



a. S- Bird Island, Seychelles, March 4, 1882. Iris dark; bill 

 horn-colour ; legs and feet orangf 



In interesting plumage. Evidently*'), young bird of the previous 

 season, commencing to put on the rufous dress of the adult birl. 



12. PTif&nus chlororhyiiclius, Less. 

 Hartl. t. c. p. 369. 



a. (S juv. Bird Island, Seychelles, March 11, 1882. Iris dark; 

 bill dark horn-colour ; legs and feet fleshy grey. 



13. Sterna ansestheta (Scop.). 



Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 664. 



Haliplana panayensis (6r»i.), Hartl. t. c. p. 388. 



a. No particulars attached. 



14. Gygis alba (Sparrm.). 

 Hartl. t. e. p. 389. 



a. d . Seychelles, March 1882. Iris dark ; bill, legs, and feet 

 black. 



15. Anous stolidus (L.). 



Hartl. t. c. p. 391. 



a. cJ. Bird Island, Seychelles, Peb. 4, 1882. Iris dark; bill, 

 legs, and feet black. 



