ANOUS CINEREUS, Gow.
Grey Noddy.

Anoiis cinereus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part XIII. p. 104.

 

Tis species is a native of the seas bordering the eastern and north-eastern coasts of Australia, and
is said to breed on Norfolk Island. It is in every respect a true Anois, and, so far as is known, has many
habits in common with those of the other members of the genus.

Head, neck and all the under surface silvery greyish white; round the eye a narrow ring of feathers, the
anterior half of which is deep black and the posterior half white; back, wings and tail light grey;
secondaries tipped with white; bill black; tarsi and toes brownish black; interdigital membrane yellowish.

The figures are of the natural size.

 

 

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