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.28 COLLECTIONS FROM MELANESIA.71. Sterna dougalli, M<strong>on</strong>t.Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 652 ; Ramsaij, t. c. p. 201.a. (^ juv. Channel Rock, Torres Straits, June 1881.A very iuterest<strong>in</strong>g specimen of <strong>the</strong> lioseate Tern <strong>in</strong> young plumage.It has been identified, like <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r Terns, bj Mr. HowardSaunders.Pamsa)/, t, c. p. 20172. Sterna caspia, Pall.a. 2 ' Channel Rock, June 1881.73. Sterna anaes<strong>the</strong>ta (Scop.).Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 664 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 201.a. $ juv. Off Booby Island, Torres Straits, Aug. 16, 1881. BiUand feet black ; iris lead-colour.b. 6 ad. Pr<strong>in</strong>ce of Wales Channel, Torres Straits, Sept. 1881.Ramsay, t. c. p. 199.74. Nycticorax caled<strong>on</strong>icus (Lath.).a. S . Thursday Island, June 1881. Iris orange-colour ; spaceround eyes greenish yellow.Ramsay, t. c. p. 199.75. Demiegretta sacra (Om.).a.S. Thursday Island, June 1881. Iris yellow.76. Butorides javanica (Horsf.).Ramsay, t. c. p. 199.a. $. Thursday Island, June 1881. Legs and feet yellow ; irisyellow.77. Microcarbo melanoleucus (V.).Salvad. Om. Papuasia etc. iii. p. 410.Graculus melanoleucus, Ramsay, t. c. p. 203.a. 2 ad. Horn Island, Torres Straits, Sept. 1881. Iris dark;bill and throat olive-green ; legs and feet dark olive-green.

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