ANGUS LEUCOCAPILLUS, Gould . 
White-capped Tern. 
Anoiis leucocapillus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part XIII. p. 103. 
Examples of this new and beautiful Tern have been presented to me by Lieut. luce, R.N., by whom they 
were procured on Raine’s Islet, where it was very abundant. It is nearly allied to the Anoiis tenuirostris of 
Western Africa, with which indeed Sir William Jardine considers it to be identical. All that has been 
said respecting the Anoiis stolidus is equally applicable to the present species, their habits, manners and 
mode of life being very similar. 
Crown of the head and nape of the neck white ; lores and space surrounding the eye deep black ; near 
the posterior angle of the upper and lower eyelids a small patch of white ; breast, all the under surface 
and the wings deep sooty black ; back of the neck, back and tail the same, slightly tinged with ash ; bill 
black ; feet brownish black. 
The figures are of the size of life. 
