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Show 1879.] ON THE BIRDS OF THE SOOLOO ISLANDS. 311 No. of Locality. Eggs. 42. Pelecanoides garnoti (Less.) Kerguelen. 1 ., „ Falklands. 2 43. Fregetta melanogastra (Gould) ? Kerguelen. 1 „ ,, Falklands. 1 j. IMPENNES. 44. Aptenodytes longirostris, Scop Marion Island. 1 45. Aptenodytes, sp. inc. (?) Herd Island. 5 46. Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt) Falklands. 2 „ „ Kerguelen. 4 47. Eudyptes chrysocome (Forst.) Falklands. 2 „ „ Inaccessible Island. 6 48. Pygosceles taeniatus (Peale) Falklands. 7 49. Spheniscus magellanicus (Forst.) „ 2 k. CRYPTURI. 50. Calodromas elegans (d'Orb. cf Geoffr.) Falklands. 2 Mr. J. W . Clark, F.Z.S., exhibited a drawing of a species of Lagenorhynchus lately taken off Ramsgate. Mr. Clark described the coloration of the animal, which was a male, nearly if not quite adult; and showed that it agreed in the main with that of a young Delphinus described by him two years ago, and referred with some doubt to Lagenorhynchus albirostris (P.Z.S. 1876, p. 686). Mr. St. G. Mivart, F.R.S., exhibited a figure of a Kestrel (Tin-nunculus alaudarius) shot by the Marquis de Wavrin of Brussels, in the Ardennes, and preserved in his collection there. The bird had on each leg an extra toe, placed very high up, and provided with a long and quite straight and pointed claw. The following papers were read :- 1. A Contribution to tbe Avifauna of the Sooloo Islands. By R. B O W D L E R SHARPE, F.L.S., F.Z.S., & c , Senior Assistant, Department of Zoology, British Museum. [Received March 18, 1879.] The present collection was formed by Mr. F. W. Burbidge during a short stay in the Sooloo Islands, a most interesting locality to the ornithologist, and one of which very little is known. In my paper on Dr. Steere's collections from the Philippines, I noticed the four species of birds as yet recorded from the Sooloo Islands1, and I ought to have added the common Artamus of the Indo-Malayan region, and a Cuckoo, both recorded by Peale from Mangsi. In addition to the birds obtained by Mr. Burbidge, I have received 1 See Trans. Linn. Soc. n. s. i. p. 310. |