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)r Island, 29t]i July (C. D. Webster-Harris Exped. 



Hull). 



1. OidpepperIsland,29thJuly(C.i).-ffO- Wefcster-Harris Exped. 

 1. Culpepper Island,29thJuly(ai).ir.). Webster-Harris Exped. 



Genus MICRANOITS, Saunders. 

 Micranous tenuirostris (Temm.). 



Anous melanops, Oould, SanSb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 417 (1865) ; Campbell, 



Nests 8f Eggs Amir. Birds, p. 68 (1883). 

 Anous tenuirostris, Milne-Edwards ^ Qrandidier, Hist Nat. Madag., Ois. 



ii. p. 665, pi. 308. fig. 3 (1885) ; Nm-th, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, 



p. 359 (1889). 

 Micranous tenxdrostris, Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 144 (1896) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 138 (1899). 



The only egg of the Lesser Noddy in the Collection is of a 

 remarkably long and narrow shape. It is cream-coloured, sparingly 

 marked (except at fhe broad end, where the markings are rather 

 thickly disposed), with spots and tiny blotches of chocolate-brown. 

 The underlying markings are of a pale purple colour. It measures 

 1-92 by 1-2. 



1. Seychelles {Paris Museum). Saunders Coll. 



Micranous leucocapillus {Oould). 



Anous tenuirostris, Salvin, Ibis, 1864, p. 383. 



Anous leucocapillus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 419 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests 8r Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 68, pi. — . %. 615 (1883). 

 Anous melanogenys, Crowfoot, Ibis, 1885, p. 264 ; MacFarlane, Ibis, 1887, 



p. 214 ; North, Nests §■ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 376, pi. xxi. fig. 5 (1889). 

 Micranous leucocapillus, Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 145 (1896) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 138 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-capped Noddy are mostly of a broad oval 

 form, but some are quite elliptical. The ground varies from 

 nearly pure white to cream-colour and pale pink. The markings 

 on nearly aU the eggs are confined to the larger end, but in a few 

 they are evenly spread over the whole shell. The surface-markings, 

 which vary in size from specks and spots to huge blotches, are of a 

 deep reddish brown or chocolate-brown, and with these are some- 

 times intermingled some lines and comma-like dashes. The under- 

 lying markings are of a pale purple colour, few and inconspicuous, 

 feebly marked examples are not uncommon, the markings con- 

 sisting of only a few dots. The eggs measure from 1-65 to 1-95 

 in length, and from 1-2 to 1'32 in breadth. 



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



duras, 12th May (O. Salvin). 

 2. Glover's Reef, Brit. Honduras, May Saunders Coll. 



(0. Salvin). 

 4. Philip Island, near Norfolk Island, Dr. W. M. Crowfoot [P.]. 



Nov. 

 2. Norfolk Island. _ Dr. W. M. Crowfoot [P.]. 



2. Vostock Island, Low Archipelago, Saunders Coll. 



22nd Oct. (/. B. H. MacFarlane). 



