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is Fregata minor) occurs in the u tropical belt of the Pacific aiid Indian 

 oceans." This is not quite exact, for while F. minor is restricted to the 

 Pacific, aud particularly its southern part, F. aquila is found in both 

 oceans, especially north of the equator, aud the specimen from Kauai, 

 sent by Mr. Knudsen, belongs to the large form. As Dr. Streets has 

 found F. minor on the Fanning Islands (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 7, p. 

 25), it is quite likely that it may also occur, at least occasionally, in 

 the Hawaiian Archipelago. 



Kuudseu's specimen is a female, with the head, hind neck, lower 

 breast, and belly blackish ; upper fore-neck grayish ; chest whitish, 

 strongly suffused in the middle with ochraceous buff; smaller upper 

 wing-coverts grayish brown with darker centers and paler margins. 



The measurements of this specimen are as follows : 



