PEOCELSTERNA. — ANOTIB. 197 



Procelsterna ciaerea (Gould), 



Procelsterna albivitta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 420 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 68 (1883). 

 Anous cinereus, Crowfoot, Ibis, 1885. p. 265; North, Nests 8f Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 376, pi. xxi. flg. 6 (1889). 

 Procelsterna cinerea, Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 185 (1896) ; 



Sharpe, Handr-l. i. p. 137 (1899). 



The eggs of the Grey Noddy are of a broad oval or elliptical 

 form. The ground is of a pinkish-cream colour, and this is very 

 sparingly marked all over with specks, spots, and lines of yellowish 

 brown and reddish brown. The underlying markings are of a pale 

 purple colour and are very inconspicuous. In a few specimens the 

 markings are rather thickly disposed over the larger end. Eleven 

 examples vary from 1-62 to 1-72 in length, and from 1"15 to 1'3 

 in breadth. 



1. Norfolk Island ( Wilson). Gould CoU. 



2. Norfolk Island. E. Saunders [0.]. 



«. Norfolk Island. Dr. W. M. Crowfoot [P.]. 



2. Lord Howe Island, Sept. (J. Mao- Voy. H.M.S. 'Herald.' 

 gillivray). 



Genus ANOITS, Stejih. 

 Anoas stolidus (Linn.). 



Sterna stolida, Thien. Fortjiflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxxii. fig. 4 (1845-64) ; 

 Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 105, pi. 31. figs. 4, 5 (1896). 



Anous stolidus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 32. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 

 Gmild, Sandb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 413 (1865); Saunders, Zool. 

 'Challenger' Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 137 (1880); Sol. t. e. p. 151 

 (1880) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1043 (1880) ; Baird, Brewer ^ Bidgw. 

 Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 325 (1884) ; MUne-Edwards Sr CrrandiMer, 

 Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. n. p. 663, pi. 308. fig. 4 (1885) ; MacFarlane, 

 Ibis, 1887, p. 210; North, Nests $■ Eggs Austr. Birds, pp. 358, 375, 

 pi. xxi. fig. 2 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 315 (1890) ; Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 136 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Handel, i. p. 137 (1899). 



The Noddy, Saliyin, Ibis, 1864, p. 383. 



The eggs of the Noddy are of a regular oval form. The ground 

 varies from white to a pinkish stone-colour and is marked with 

 various shades of reddish brown. The markings consist of spots 

 and blotches and are often blurred at the margins. In some cases, 

 these are sparingly scattered over the whole shell ; in others they 

 are more frequent at the larger end than elsewhere, where they 

 form a cap or zone. Occasionally an example is boldly blotched all 

 over, and sometimes the markings are almost entirely absent. 

 The underlying markings are of a pale purple colour. The eggs 

 measure from 1 -9 to 2-3 in length, and from 1-3 to 1-55 in breadth. 



% America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Tortugas, Florida (T. J. Greenwood). U.S. Nat. Museum [P.]. 

 8. Coast of British Honduras. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Southern Water Cay, Brit. Honduras Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (0, Salmn). 



