THE WHITE-HEADED NODDY. 
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773. ANGUS TENUIROSTRIS. 
THE GREY-FACED NODDY. 
Sterna tenuirostris, Temm. PI. Col 202. Anous melanops, Gould, P. Z, S. 
1845, p. 103 ; id. B. Austr. vii. pi. 35. Anous senex {Leach), apudHmne, S. F. 
ii. p. 321, iv. p. 480. Anous tenuirostris, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 670, 
pi. Ixi. fig. 1 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 116. 
Description. — Forehead, crown_, nape and upper neck a clear French grey, 
shading off imperceptibly into the surrounding parts ; a black band sur- 
rounding the upper half and front of the eye_, broader in front ; lores, 
cheeks and sides of the neck intermediate in colour between the crown and 
the throat, which with the whole remaining plumage is chocolate-brown ; 
the wings and tail almost black; outer web of the first primary deep 
black ; shafts of the primaries rufous-brown ; a narrow line of white on the 
lower eyelid and a still smaller one on the upper. 
Length about 12 inches, tail 4*5, wing 8*3, tarsus '8, bill from gape 21. 
The Grey-faced Noddy is stated by Mr. Hume to occur in the Bay of 
Bengal, and one specimen obtained at Port Blair came within his own 
observation. 
It has almost as wide a range as the preceding, but it is especially 
abundant in the Australian seas. It breeds on some of the islands in 
Torres Straits, and lays a single egg, which is stone-coloured marked with 
red and brown. 
774. ANOUS LEUCOCAPILLUS. 
THE WHITE-HEADED NODDY. 
Anous leucocapillus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 103 ; id. B. Austr. vii. pi. 36 ; Hume, 
S. F. ii. p. 322, iv. p. 480 ; Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 670, pi. Ixi. fig. 3 ; Hume, 
S. F. viii. p. 116. Anous tenuirostris (Temm.), apud Jerd. B. Ind, ii. 
p. 846. 
Description. — Forehead, crown and nape white, very abruptly defined 
from the surrounding parts ; a narrow line of white on the lower eyelid ; 
lores blackish ; the w^hole plumage chocolate-brown, the quiUs darker. 
Bill black, gullet pale yellow ; feet black, with the web fleshy yellow. 
{Jerdon.) 
Length about 13 inches, tail 5, wing 9, tarsus '95, bill from gape 2-2. 
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