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 323. Phaethon rubricaudus rubricaudus. 



PhurUin i-iihrmtuda Boddaert, Tabl. PL Eiil. p. :.7. No. Il7il. 1783 : Mauritius (He de France). 



Synonym : 



Phaeton plioeniciiros Gmelin, Si/st. Nat. p. tiU'A^ 17K',) : Mauritius. 



Red-tailefl Troi)i(; Bird. 



Mathews, fla/x/list No. 249. 



Range : West Anstralia. Extralimital. 



324. Phaethon rubricaudus novaehoUandiae. 



Phaethon mn-aehullaiuliae Brandt, Mem. Amd. Sci. St. Peli-.fsh. ser. vi. vol. v. pt. ii. p. i72. 1840 : 

 Lord Howe Island. 



Synonym : 



Phaethon ruhrmtmhi erulHsrena Rothschild, .4 /■;/'. Luysun. pt. iii. p. 290. 1900 : Kermadec Islands. 



Ruddy Tropic Bird. 



Matliews, na>i(IJi.<it No. 2ri(i. 



Range: East Australia. E.xtralimital. 



Sote. — This name was given to the bird described by Latham as the " New 

 Holland Tropic Bird" in the Gen. Synop. Birds vol. .x. p. 448, No. 4. The 

 drawing there referred to is one of the Watling drawings in the British Musenm, 

 and is obviously the young of this speeies. The next drawing is a splendid one 

 of this sjiecies, and the artist carefully noted that the former was the young of 

 the latter. As Watling included many Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island 

 birds in his drawings, and was certainly at these islands, there can be little 

 donbt that he collected the birds he drew. I have therefore selected Lord Howe 

 Island as the typical locality. Rothsciiild's name must become a synonym. 



325. Phaethon lepturus lepturus. 



I'hiirl.m IrptiiniK Daudiii, in Buff.ms llUt. Xnl. (IHmo Uidot) Qioidr. vnl. xiv. p. :'.\'.l. IHO'2: 

 Mauritius (Tie de France). 



Synonyms : 

 I'haeinn cavilidiia Temminck, ^fan. il'Oni. '2nc\ ed. vol. i. p. oxii. 1S->(I : Mauritius. 

 I'haelon ultuix Scliinz, Xutnr;/. AhhHd. Viiij. p. 402. 18H0 : Mauritius. 

 Phaethon Jiaemistris Brandt, Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Peler«b. ii. p. 349. 1837 : Mauritius. 

 Phieton edirard.iii id., .\rem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersh. ser. vi. vol. v. pt. ii. p. 271. 1840 : Mauritius. 



White-tailed Tropic Bird. 

 Mathews, llntidlist No. 2.51. 

 Range : Anstralia. Extralimital. 



F.iMiiY PELECANIDAE. 

 Genus FELECAITUS. 



PelecamiK Linn^, Syd. Nat. ed. x. p. 132. 1758. 



Type (by tantonymy) : P. onorrotalua \A\m^. 



