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Show 1877.] MR. E. NEWTON ON THE BIRDS OF ANJUAN. 295 of the colour of the back ; paired fins and anal yellowish. No or ocelli. Young with numerous parr-marks. The number of pyloric appendages were found to vary ; one male has 31, another 35, a third 44, and a female 42. Several specimens were obtained on Victoria Lake (lat. 82° 34'), and in freshwater pools of Floe-berg Beach (lat. 82° 28'). Dr. E. Moss kindly communicated to me a coloured sketch of a specimen caught in North-Ravine Lake. Specimens 12 inches in length are full-grown ; no larger ones were found. The ovaries and testicles in specimens caught in the month of August show the commencement of seasonal development. Note.- It may be mentioned here that, of the collections made during the visit of H.M.S. 'Valorous,' the following species from the Greenland coast have been sent to the British Museum:- Cottus gronlandicus, C. V., young; Cottus tricuspis, C. V., young; Centronotusfasciatus, Bl.,young; Sticheeuspunctatus, Fabr. These were obtained at Godhavn Harbour. Aspidophoroides monopterygius, Bl., young, obtained at a depth of 30 fathoms in lat. 65°, long 53°. These fishes are well-known inhabitants of the coasts of South Greenland. 7. On a Collection of Birds from the Island of Anjuan. By E D W A R D N E W T O N , M.A., C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of Mauritius, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. [Eeceived March 20, 1877.] (Plates XXXIII., XXXIV.) My friend Mr. C. E. Bewsher, of Mauritius, last autumn had the opportunity of paying a visit to the little-known island of Anjuan1 or Joanna, one of the Comoro group, and while there was most hospitably entertained by the Sultan, and by Mr. Sunley, an English sugar-planter of some long residence there, whose kindness to the officers of Her Majesty's fleet when visiting this remote spot is well known and appreciated in the navy. Mr. Bewsher remained in Anjuan seven weeks, and during that time made a large collection of mammals, birds, reptiles, shells, ferns and other plants. The first two Mr. Bewsher has kindly forwarded to me; and the birds I lay before the Society this evening, with a few remarks concerning each. The collection is not only most interesting, but is also in very excellent condition. Members will recollect that Mr. Sclater gave an instructive account of these islands in 'The Ibis' for 1864, p. 292, and appended a list 1 "Anjouan, dont le veritable nom, suivant l'autorite du savant William Jones, est Hinzoudn, 6crit aussi Anzuame, Anzouan, Juanny, a find meme, sous l'influence d'idees chretiennes, par s'appeler Johanna"-Oscar Maccarthy, in ' L'Univers :' les iles d'Afrique, pt. iii. § iii. *, les iles Arabes, p. 125 (Paris: 1848). |