71. Sterna doiigalli, Alont.
Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 652 ; Ramsay, t. c. p, 201.
6 juv. Channel Rock, Torres Straits, June 1881.
A very interesting specimen of the Roseate Tern in young plumage.
I t has been identiiied, like the other Terns, by Mr. Howard
oaiinders.
72. Sterna caspia, Pall.
Ramsay, t. c. p. 201.
a. 2 . Channel Rock, June 1881.
73. Sterna anaestheta (Scop.).
Saunders, P.Z.S. 1876, p. 664 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 201.
a. 2 juv. Off Booby Island, Torres Straits, Aug. 16, 1881 Bill
and feet black ; iris lead-colour.
b. d ad. Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Straits, Sept. 1881.
74. Nycticorax caledonicns (Lath.).
Ramsay, t. c. p. 199.
o. d . Thursday Island, June 1881. Iris orange-colour; space
round eyes greenish j-ellow.
75. Demiegretta sacra (Gm.).
Ramsay, t. c. p. 199.
a. c?. Thursday Island, June 1881. Iris yellow.
76. Butorides javanica (i/ors/.).
Ramsay, t. c. p. 199.
a. 2 - Thursday Island, June 1881. Legs and feet yelloav : iris
yellow.
77. Microcarho melanoleucus (V.).
Salvad. Orn. Papuasia etc. iii. p. 410.
Graculus melanoleucus, Ramsay, t. c. p. 203.
Sept. 1881. Iris dark •
bill and throat olive-green ; legs and feet dark olive-green.
R E P T I L IA , BA TRA CHI A,
AND
P I S CE S .
BY
ALBERT GiiNTHER.
The Reptiles collected in Torres Straits belong to the following
species :—
Chelonia viridis. Varanus gouldii (Thursday IsL), Varanus
timorensis (Thursday and Prince of Wales Isis.), Varanus prasinus
(New Guinea), Lialis hurtonii (Thursday IsL), Gymnodactylus
platurus (Pt. Curtis).
Of Diemenia torqaata, a Snake hitherto known from a single
example only, a second specimen was obtained in Queensland.
Two species of Teee-Progs Avere obtained—the common and
widely spread Hyla cærulea on Thursday IsL, and the allied Hyla
dolichopsis in New Guinea.
The collection of Eishes comprised fifty species, the majority of
Avhich were previously known to inhabit this district of the Indo-
Pacific. Those to which the greatest interest is attached are two
species of Branchiostoma ; three Teleosteans seem to be nndescribed.
Trachynotus coppingeri.
D. 6
(Plate I I I . fig. A.)
A . 2 | A.
The height of the body is a little less than one half of the total
length (without caudal), the length of the head is contained thrice
and three fourths in it. Scales very conspicuous, arranged above
and below the lateral line in a regular series, which is composed of
about 85 scales. The snout is rather longer than the eye, and less
obtuse than in the typical species of the genus. The eye is
situated far below the upper profile of the head, and two ninths of
the length of the head. Cheeks covered with minute scales; the
remainder of the head scaleless. Dorsal and anal lobes produced,
pointed, but not extending to the posterior end of the fins ; caudal
lobes long, tAVo fifths of the length of the body. Uniform silvery;
fins greyish.
A single specimen, 6 inches long, was obtained at Percy Island on
the coast of Queensland.