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 In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



u, J ad. Woods Hole, Massachusetts, July 4th, 1863. b, $ ad. Woods Hole, July 30th, 1870 (Professor 

 Spencer F. Baird). c,juv. Woods Hole (S. F. Baird). d, <$ , e, J. Elizabeth Island, Mass., September 

 30th, 1871 (Dr. Brewer), f, 6 . Port Blair, S. Andamans, May 20th, 1873 {R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay) . 



E Mus. Howard Saunders. 



a, 6 ad. Farn Island ? (Heysham, from the Doubleday collection) . b,im. British coast. c,d,e,ad. Algoa Bay, 

 S. Africa. /, J . Port Blair, South Andamans, May 20th. g, 2 ■ Port Blair, South Andamans, June. 

 h, 6. Port Blair, South Andamans, with three eggs, June 1875 (Capt. Wimberley). i , 6 . Trincomalee, 

 Ceylon, June 18th, 1875 (V. Legge). j, k, I, m, 6 , n, o, p, q, r, s, $ . Massachusetts coast, June, July, 

 and beginning of August (Warren). 



