198 LABIB-ai. 



3. South-west-of-all Cay, Brit. Hon- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



duras,tl2tli May (O. S.). 



■2. Glover's Reef, Brit. Honduras ( 0. S.). Saunders Coll. 



5. Ascension Island (Dr. QUI). Saunders Coll. 



4. Mauritius. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 



2. Bound Island, Maui'itius. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Sandy Island (E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Eodriguez Island (H. H. Slater). Transit of Venus Bxped. 



5. Australia. Gould Coll. 



9. Kaine Island, Barrier Eeef, Australia. Voy. H.M.S. ' ChaUenger.' 



2. Howick Islands, N.E. Australia (J. Gould Coll. 



MacgiUivray). 



3. Lord Howe Island. Saunders Coll. 



2. Ellice Islands. Eev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



2. Sala y Gomez Island, 'Pacific Ocean Saunders Coll. 

 {J, R. H. MacFarlane). 



2. Ninafou or Hope Island, Navigator Saunders Coll. 



Group. 



Anous ridgwayi, Anthony. 



(Plate XV. fig. 6.) 



Anous stolidus ridgwayi, Anthony, Auk, 1898, p. 36 ; Shai-pe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 137 (1899). 



The three eggs of Ridgway's Noddy contained in the Collection 

 are remarkahle for their very feeble coloration. The ground is 

 •white or of a very pale cream-colour. At the larger end of each egg 

 there is a cluster of spots and small blotches of rusty brown, but 

 elsewhere the surface-markings are almost absent, consisting of 

 only a few small spots widely scattered. The underlying markings 

 of very pale purple are more evenly distributed over the whole 

 shell. The three examples measure respectively : 2i04 by 1-43 ; 

 2-1 by 1-45; 2-1 by 1-44. 



3. Socorro Island, 12th May. A. W. Anthony, Esq. [P.]. 



Anous galapageusis, Sharjpe. 

 (Plate XV. fig. 5.) 



Anous galapagensis, Saunders, Cat. Birds £. M. xxv. p. 143 (1896) : 



Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 137 (,1899). 

 Anous stolidus galapagensis, Rothsch. 8f Sartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 191 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Galapagos Noddy are smaller than the majority 

 of those of A. stolidus, but do not otherwise differ. The six 

 specimens contained in the Collection can be easily matched by eggs 

 of that species. They measure from 1-85 to 2-01 in length, and 

 from 1-3 to 1*35 in breadth. 



1. Culpepper Island, Galapagos, 27th Webster-Harris Exned. 



July (C. D. Hull). ^ 



1. Culpepper Island, 27th July (C, M. Webster-Hams Exped. 



Harris) . 



1. Culpepper Island, 27th July (Otto Webster-Harris Exped. 



Lirmke). 



