APPENDIX. 
375 
November. In a series of over one hundred eggs examined, there 
is a great variation in the size, colour, and disposition of the 
markings. The predominant form is oval, tapering slightly 
towards the thin end ; the colour a dull white, some being nearly 
devoid of markings, others uniformly freckled and spotted over 
the whole surface of the shell with reddish-brown, others have 
large irregularly-shaped confluent blotches of purplish-red and 
slaty-grey, the latter appearing as if beneath the shell, these 
markings predominate in some towards the larger end of the egg, 
out many have rounded spots of rich-red evenly distributed over 
the surface of the shell, in a few instances the markings assume 
the form of a zone. Length (A) 2T3 x 1*42 inches ; (13) 2x1 '45 
inches; (C) l - 85 x 1;4 inch ; (D) 2T5 x 1’45 inches ; (E) 2T1 x 
1-4 inches ; (F) 2-04 x 1-34 inches ; (G) 2-02 x 1-47 inches ; (II) 
2'14 x l - 48 inches. 
An egg of this species recently received from Dr. Metcalfe, and 
taken on Norfolk Island, is white, and without markings of any kind. 
Hub. Lord Ilowe, Norfolk, and the Islands of the Pacific 
generally. 
ANOUS STOLIDUS, Linncvus. 
Noddy. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 613, p. 413. 
This species was found breeding during October and November, 
its single egg is deposited on a flat nest of sticks, twigs, and 
sea-weed, placed upon the sandy beaches. The eggs usually 
oval in form, are slightly pointed at one end, and vary in colour 
from white to creamy-white, some being minutely spotted all over 
with brownish-black, others being closely blotched, more 
particularly towards the larger end, with blood-red markings and 
nearly obsolete spots of the same colour. Two average specimens 
measure as follows: — length (A) 2-03 x l - 45 inches; (13) 2-18 x 
1 ’47 inches. 
Hab. Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, and the Islands of the 
Pacific Ocean. 
