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KHrNCHOPS. 201 



very pale bufif, and is sometimes tinged with pink. The markings 

 consist of spots and blotches of most irregular shape, and two or 

 more are often confluent, forming a huge patch. Most of the 

 markings are blackish brown, fre(|uenfcly turning to pale chestnut 

 or, red at the edges ; some are entirely reddish brown. The under- 

 lying markings are of an inky-purple colour and are of the same 

 size and disposition as the surface-markings. The eggs measure 

 from 1-6 to 1'95 in length, and from 1*2 to 1-35 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.).^ Salvin-Godman OoU. 



2. North America (r.ilif. ireiofij-). Salvin-Godman OoU. 



3. Cobbs Island, Virrinia, 15th June. W. E. D. Scott, Esq. [0.]. ' 

 2. Oobba Island, 17tn June. „ „ 

 2. Cobbs Island, 20th June. „ ,, 



2. Cobbs Island, 20th June. „ „ 

 1. Cobbs Island, 23rd June. „ „ 

 1. Cobbs Island, 23rd June. „ „ 

 1. Cobbs Island, 23rd June. „ „ 

 1. Cobbs Island, 23rd June. „ „ 



3. Cobbs Island, 23rd June. „ „ 



1. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 

 3. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 

 3. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 

 3. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 

 3. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 



3. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 



4. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 

 4. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ ,, 

 4. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 

 3. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 

 3. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 



2. Cobbs Island, 27th June. „ „ 



2. Cobbs Island, 28th June. „ „ 



3. Cobbs Island, 28th June. „ „ 

 2. Cape Charles, Virginia, 18th June. „ „ 



2. Cape Charles, 18th June. „ » 



3. Florida. Sir Richard Owen [P.]. 



Ehynchops melanura, Swains. 



(Plate XV. fig. 9.) 



Bhynchops melanura, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 201 ; Saunders, 



Cat. Birds E. M. xxv. p. 156 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 138 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Black-tailed Skimmer are of a broad oval form, 



short and rounded. The ground is of a pale buif colour, and this 



is spotted and blotched aU over with chocolate-brown and underlying 



pale purple. Eleven specimens measure from 1;55 to 1*8 in length, 



and from 1*25 to 1-4 in breadth. 



11. Ucayali River, Upper Amazonia Saunders Coll. 

 {E. Bartlett). 



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