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the Avifauna of New Caledonia. 
a young bird from there is now running about within a few 
feet of us. But our birds have never more than two primaries 
with the white speculum on them. Is this a constant cha¬ 
racteristic of L. gouldif Bp. ? We have seen no other Gull 
here, though M. Jouan mentions a larger species in his ^Notes/ 
Length 52 centims. 
Sterna gracilis, Gould. 
A specimen in the museum (locality unknown), marked 
^^jeune femelle, mai,^^ is in beautiful young plumage. We 
have little doubt that it was killed in the island, and pro¬ 
bably was bred here. Our list of Terns includes, over and 
above those named by M. Marie, 
Sterna bergii (or velox), Licht., 
which we find not uncommon, 
Sternula nereis, Gould., 
which L. L. found breeding on some rocky islets off Ansevata, 
Anous stolidus, L., 
teste Fiiisch & Hartlaub (Orn. p. 327), and 
— Gygis alba, Sparrm., 
Finsch & Hartlaub (Orn. p. 233). 
f- 96. Phaeton rubricauda (Gm.) 
breeds on Huon Island, as does 
-f- 98. Tachypetes minor (Gm.), 
a specimen we have agreeing entirely with the bird we thus 
identified in Piji. 
The Huon Islands have only just been opened up as guano- 
depot sites. We hear of various birds breeding there—two 
Rails, two Phaetons, two Prigate-birds, one (if not two) 
Boobies, two Terns, and two Mutton-birds,^^ that burrow 
into the soil under the rocks. 
The veteran zoologist Pere Montrouzier believes the 
Frigate-bird to be new ; and his description of it was read 
before the Societe de Geographic in Paris on the 6th 
December, 1876, in a communication entled Note d’histoire 
naturelle sur les lies Huon et Surprise, par le R. P. Mont- 
