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hundred miles east of the Galapagos and we observed it north of the 

 Galapagos Islands in the latitude of Cocos Island. 



We have ten specimens taken at Iguana Cove, Albemarle and Man- 

 grove Point, Narboro, in December and April. 



Genus Oceanodroma Reichenbach. 



Oceanodroma Reichenbach, Syst. Av., p. 4, 1852. 



Range. — Cosmopolitan. Galapagos Archipelago. 



12. OCEANODROMA CRYPTOLEUCURA (Ridgway). 



Cymochorea cryptoleuctira Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, p. 337, 1882 



(Hawaiian Islands). 

 Oceanodroma cryptoleucura Townsend, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxvii, p. 



125, 1895 (Wenman Island, Galapagos). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., XIX, p. 654, 1896. — Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., 



VI, p. 198, 1899. 



Range. — Hawaiian and Galapagos Islands in the Pacific, St. 

 Helena, Madeira and Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic. 



We have no specimens of this species. It has been taken at the 

 Galapagos Islands only by Townsend. 



Genus Oceanites Keys, and Bias. 

 Oceanites Keyserling and Blasius, Wirblth. Europ., i, p. xciii, 1840. 

 Range. — Cosmopolitan. Galapagos Archipelago. 



13. OCEANITES GRACILIS (Elliott). 



Thalassadroma gracilisY.\AAOiT , Ibis, p. 391, i859(westcoastof SouthAmerica). 



Oceanites gracilis Ridgway,. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xix, p. 658, 1896 (Gala- 

 pagos). — Rothschild and Haktert, Novit. Zool., vi, p. 198, 

 1899. 



Range. — Coast of Chile and the Galapagos Archipelago. 



We have eleven specimens taken at Iguana Cove and Tagus Cove, 

 Albemarle, in December and January. The species occurs at nearly 

 all of the islands, but nowhere did we find it breeding. 



Family PHAETHONTID^. 



Genus Phaethon Linnaeus. 

 Phaethon Linn/EUS, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 134, 1758. 



Range. — Intertropical seas. Galapagos Archipelago. 



