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APPENDIX. 
ANOTJS MELANOGENYS, G. R. Gray. 
. Black-cheeked Noddy. 
Gray , P.Z.S., 1876, p. 670. 
The eggs of this species have been kindly sent by Dr. P. H. 
Metcalfe, who collected them on Norfolk and Philip Islands, 
during the months of October and November. This bird, he 
states, builds a rather neat cup-shaped nest of fresh sea-weed 
which is usually placed on the branches of the Laymiaria patersoni, 
in some secluded spot, many nests are often built on the same tree. 
Occasionally the nests are built upon trees growing upon the coast. 
Only one egg is laid for a sitting, they are oval in form, slightly 
pointed at one end and of a faint creamy-white, spotted and blotched 
with dull reddish-brown, many of the markings being nearly 
obsolete. In some instances the markings are equally dispersed 
over the surface of the shell; others again have them confined to 
the larger end. Three specimens taken during November 1885 
on Philip Island, measure as follows: — length (A) 1'78 x 1 '25 
inch; (B) 1-68x D22 inch ; (C) 1'83 x 1-25 inch. 
I lab. Norfolk and Philip Islands. 
ANOUS CINEREUS, Gould. 
Grey Noddy. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Ausl., Yol. ii., sp. 616, p. 420. 
This, a somewhat rare species, was found breeding in the early 
part of September, also during the month of November. The eggs 
wcro rather difficult to obtain, as for the purposes of breeding the 
birds usually resort to almost inacessible ledges of rocks, but some¬ 
times they deposit a single egg on the bare sand. In form the 
eggs are nearly true ovals, being but slightly tapered at one end, 
of a dull creamy-white ground colour, sparingly freckled and spotted 
with faint reddish-brown and slaty-grey markings, the latter colour 
predominating in some instances, and appearing as if beneath the 
surface of the shell; others have short thick wavy markings, 
resembling ill-shapen letters and figures, equally distributed over 
