24 Dircflor' s Annual Rep07-t. 



lo. Sula sula \^\m\. I^uau. Booby. Gannet. 



PelecaiiHs si4la, I^iiiii., S. N., 1766, I., p. 218. 



Sula fusca, Vieill., Gal. Ois., 1S25, II., p. 194, pi. 277; Swinh. Ibis, 1869, p. 347 (Formosa); Tris- 

 tram, Ibis, 1882, p. 144, Solomon I.slands. 



Sula fiber, Cassin (aft. L.) U. S. Ex. Kxp. 1858, p. 363. 



Stila leucogastra, Sclat. & Salv. P. Z. .S., 1873"; p. 651 ; Seebohm, B. of Jap., p. 12. 



Sula Sula, Verr. & Des Murs. Rev. Mag. Zool., 1S60, p. 442 ; Ridg. Man. N. A. B.. p. 75 ; Roth. 

 Avif. Laj'.san, I., p. 29: Hartert. Nov. Zool., V., p. 69; Oust. II., p. 6^ ; Cat. B. Brit. Mus., 

 XXVI., p. 436. 



Only one specimen of the Booby was secured, although they 

 were not at all rare. This bird was taken July 23 and proved to 

 be an adult male. They were usually to be seen flying about the 

 cliffs near the entrance to the harbor of San L,uis de Apra. Ivength 

 30, spread of wing 4 ft. 10 in., wing 16, tail 7.75, tarsus 1.62, cul- 

 men 3.56, its depth at nostrils 1.36, mid-toe and claw 3.59. The 

 general upper coloring, including head, neck, and fore breast is a 

 fine uniform seal brown ; hind breast, belly, under tail coverts, 

 sides, flanks, thighs, axillaries, and under wing coverts of the sec- 

 ondaries, pure white ; shafts of the primaries black on the upper 

 surface, gray below ; bill flesh color, with grayish tint, bluish at 

 tip; feet and tarsus a livid light-green; iris a silvery grayish. 

 This specimen is much darker than the summer specimens from 

 Laysan Island. The posterior half of the primaries are especially 

 dark brown as compared with the Laysan birds, as is also the 

 head, neck and breast. Hab. Tropical and sub-tropical seas 

 throughout the world, except the Pacific coa.st of America. 



II. Sula piscator Linn. Red-footed Booby. 



The general plumage of this species is white ; feet always red ; 

 gular sac blackish ; bare skin in front of eye red ; tail white. 

 Total length 27-30, wing 15-16, culmen 3.50. Hab. Inter-tropical 

 seas, north to Florida and Lower California. 



Family FRBGATID^.— Man-of-war Birds. 

 Genus FREGATA Cuvier. 



a'. Wing more than 21.5, culmen not less than 4.15. Frcgata 

 aqnila, eill. 



a^. Wing less than 21, culmen le.ss than 4.15. Frcgata arid,, 

 Gould. 



13. Fregata aquila (Vieill.). Frigate Bird. 



Man-of-war Bird, Edwards, Glean., i860, II., p. 209. 

 Pelrcanus aqiiilns, Linn., S. N., 1766, I., p. 216. 



Tachypctes aquila, Vieill., N. Diet d'Hist. Nat , 1S17, XII., p. 146. 



J-ye^ala aquila, d'Orb., Sagras Hist Cuba, 1839, p. 309; Rothschild, Avif. Laysan, 1893, I., p. 21; 

 Cat. Brit. Mus. B., XXVI., p. 443. 



An adult male specimen of this bird was shot by a native 

 November, 1899, and brought in to Lieutenant-Governor Safford, 

 by whom it was identified. The skin was not saved, but the skele- 

 ton was presented to the Bi.shop Museum by Lieutenant Safford 



