Zoological Society of London. 309 
4. Anous tenuirostris : Sterna tenuirostris, Temm. PI. 
Col. 202. 
5. Anous cinereus, nov. sp. A. capite, collo, et corpore 
inferiore argentato-albis; pared, plumarum lined oculum 
circumeunte nigrd ad rostrum, ad nucham albd; dorso, alis, 
caudaque Iceth griseis ; secondariis ad apices albis. 
Head, neck, and all the under surface silvery greyish white; 
round the eye a narrow ring of feathers, the anterior half of which 
is deep black and the posterior half white; back, wings, and tail 
light grey ; secondaries tipped with white ; bill black; tarsi and 
toes brownish black; interdigital membrane yellowish. 
Total length, 11 inches; bill, 1|; wing, 8 ; tail, 5; tarsi, lg; 
middle toe and nail, lg. 
Hab. The north-eastern coasts of Australia. 
Syn. Pelecanopus pelecanoides, Brit. Mus. Coll. Part iii. p. 
180 . 
6. Anous parvuuus A. toto corpore cinereo-griseis; parvo 
plumarum annulo oculum cingente, parte anteriore nigrd, 
posteriore albd. 
The whole of the plumage ashy grey, being somewhat lighter 
on the head and neck than on the other parts of the plumage ; 
round the eye a narrow ring of feathers, the anterior half of which 
is black and the posterior half white ; bill black; tarsi and toes 
brown. 
Total length, 9| inches ; bill, 1|; wing, 6A ; tail, 4|; tarsi, g ; 
middle toe and nail, 1J. 
A single specimen forms part of the collection of the Zoological 
Society, to whom it was presented by F. Debell Bennett, Esq., 
who procured it at Christmas Island, in the South Seas. It may 
be distinguished from all the other species by its small size and 
delicately-formed bill. 
Mr. Gould then exhibited two new birds from New South 
Wales :— 
Podargus plumiferus. Pod. plumis nares tegentibus, qua: 
sunt in cristce formam erectas, nigro-fusco et albo alternatim 
fasciatis ; medid guld et pectorc brunneo-albis, fusco minuth 
maculatis, wee aliter colli pectorisque lateribus, nec corpore 
