376 APPENDIX, 



ANGUS MELANOGENYS, G. B. Gray. 

 Black-cheeked Noddy. 

 Gr(Mi, P.Z.S., 1876, p. 670. IDTT S~. 



The eggs of this species have been kindly sent by Dr. P. H. 

 Metcalfe, who collected them on Norfolk and Philip Islands, 

 during the months of October and November. This bird, he 

 states, builds a rather neat cup-shaped nest of fresh sea-weed 

 which is usually placed on the branches of the Lagunaria pateraoni, 

 in some secluded spot, many nests are often built on the same tree. 

 Occasionally the nests are built upon trees growing upon the coast. 

 Only one egg is laid for a sitting, they are oval in form, slightly 

 pointed at one end and of a faint creamy-white, spotted and blotched 

 with dull reddish-brown, many of the markings being nearly 

 obsolete. In some instances the markings are equally dispersed 

 over the surface of the shell ; others again have them confined to 

 the larger end. Three specimens taken during November 1 885 

 on Philip Island, measure as follows: — length (A) 1-78 x 1-25 

 inch; (B) 1-68 x 1-22 inch; (C) 1-83 x 1-25 inch. 



Hah, Norfolk and Philip Islands. 



_- ANOTJS CINEREUS, Gould. 



Grey Noddy. 

 Gould, Homdbk. Bds. AusL, Vol. ii., sp. 616, p. 420. JXZT" 6. 



This, a somewhat rare species, was found breeding in the early 

 part of September, also during the month of November. The eggs 

 were rather difficult to obtain, as for the purposes of breeding the 

 birds usually resort to almost inacessible ledges of rocks, but some- 

 times they deposit a single egg on the bare sand. In form the 

 eggs are nearly true ovals, being but slightly tapered at one end, 

 of a dull creamy-white ground colour, sparingly freckled and spotted 

 with faint reddish-brown and slaty-grey markings, the latter colour 

 predominating in some instances, and appearing as if beneath the 

 surface of the shell ; others have short thick wavy markings, 

 resembling ill-shapen letters and figures, equally distributed over 



