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in Jeclo Bay, and a hen Phasianus versicolor and two specimens of Terekia cinerea 

 from the Inland Sea. 



IX. — On the Steganopodes and Impennes, collected during the Expedition. By 

 P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., and Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S. 



(Plates XXV.-XXX.) 



(Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1878. With Additions and Corrections 



by P. L. Sclater, F.R.S.) 



A. STEGANOPODES. 



Of this order the collection contains 33 specimens belonging to 9 species, as 

 follows : — 



1. Fregatid^;. 



1. Fregata aquila, Linn. 



Fregata aquila, Scl. et Salv., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 650. 



[a. Adult. \ 



b. Young. > Ascension Island, March 1876.] 



c. Young. ; 



2. Fregata minor, Gm. 



Aitagen arid, Gould, B. Austr., vol. vii. pi. lxxii. 



Fregata minor, Scl. et Salv., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 650. 



[No. 133. Male. Raine Island. 



Legs and feet black ; bill grey ; skin of throat red ; eyes red. The skin of the 

 throat is of a lighter red in the male than in the female. The stomach contained remains 

 of cuttlefish, Spirida, and a fish. 



No. 134. Female. \ 



No. 135. Young, female. > Raine Island. 



No. 136. Nestling, female. ) 



Feet red ; eyes red. The bill and feet of the young birds are of a white colour 

 with a shade of blue ; eyes black. 



In the adult birds the male has the eyelids, feet, and eyes black. The female has 

 these parts red. This holds good in all our specimens. 



