448 FEEGATID^. 



Caledonia] ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 499 (1865) ; HartL 

 ■ P. Z. S. 1867, p. 831 [Mackenzie Groupl ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1868, 

 pp. 54-58 [Amoy]; Finsch, J.f. 0. 1874; pp. 174, 216 [South I., 

 New Zealand ; Australia] ; Masters, P. Limi. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 64 

 (1876) ; Streets, Bidl. U.S. Nat. Mus. vii. p. 25 (1877) [Christmas & 

 Palmyra Is.] ; Hartl. Vog. Madagasc. p. 399(1877) ; Layard, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 265 [Huon I., N. Caledonia : breeds] ; Nicholson, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 71 [Cocos, Keeling- Is.] ; North, Nests Sc Eggs B. Austr. p. 364 

 (1889). 



Fregata minor, Schl. {nee Gmel.), Mus. Pays-Bas, vi. Pelec. p. 3 

 (I860) ; Schleq. Sf Pollen, Rech. Madaqasc. pt. ii. p. 141 (1868) j. 

 G. R. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 131 (1871) ; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, 

 p. 364 (1874) ; Hunie, Str. F. vii. p. 447 (1878) ; Sclat. 8f Salv. Voy. 

 Chall., Zool. pt. ix. p. 117 (1880) ; Legge, B. Ceylon, iii. p. 1203 

 (1880) ; Sahad. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 404 (1882) ; Gates, B. Burmah, 

 ii. p. 228 (1883) ; Biittikofer, N. Leyd. Mus. viii. pp. 58, 68 (1886) 

 [Tenimber Is.] ; Sharpe, His, 1888, p. 204 [Palawanl ; Everett, J. 

 Str. B. As. Soc. xx. p. 187 (1889) ; Seebohm, B. Jap. p. 214 (1890) ; 

 Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, p. 61 ; Sharjie, Ibis, 1890, p. 149 [Labuan] ; 

 Lister, P. Z. S. 1891, pp. 290, 300, pi. [Phcenix Is.] ; Hartert, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 308 [Madagascar] ; Gratit, Ibis, 1896, p. 128 [N.E. Luzon]. 



Fregata ariel, Rnchejib. Natatores, pi. xxxi. no. 375, pi. xxxv.* 

 nos. 2545-6 (1850), 



Tachypetes palmerstoni, Sclater {nee Gmel.), P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 9, 10 

 [Huaheine]. 



Tachvpetes chambeyroni, Montrouzier, Bull. Soc. Geogr. Fr. (6) 

 xii". p. 616 (1876) [Huon and Surprise Is.]. 



Attagen minor, Ramsay {nee Gmel.), P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 203- 

 (1877) ; David ^- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 534 (1877) ; Eelham, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 202 [Pulo Nongso, Singapore] ; Seeboh7n, Ibis, 1884, 

 p. 33 [Japan] ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 25 (1888) ; La 

 Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 487 [Swatow coast]. 



Tachvpetes aquila, var. minor, Grandidier, Hist. Madagasc, Ois. 

 p. 705, pis. 286-288 (1885). 



Adult male. General colour black, inclining to sooty-black on the 

 underpaits ; feathers of the head, upper back, and scapulars elongate 

 and pointed, the former with a dull oil-green gloss, the latter dark 

 metallic green in freshly moulted specimens, but becoming bronze or 

 purple with wear ; a large wJiite patcJi on eacli flanh. Tail composed 

 of 12 feathers. Iris black ; naked skin round the eye and gular pouch 

 red ; bill grey ; feet black. Total length about 30 inches, culmen from 

 feathers on forehead 2-3-3-5, wing 19-2-21, tail 11-13-3, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult female. Has the head like that of the male, but differs in 

 having the feathers of the back and scapulars less elongate and 

 of a brownisli-black colour with scarcely a trace of metallic gloss ; 

 breast, sides of belly, flanks, and a tvicle collar round the necic 

 white ; lesser and median wing-coverts pale brown, with whitish 

 margins and deep brown shaft-stripes ; plumage otherwise like that 

 of the male. Iris red ; bill grey ; bare skin round the eye and on 

 the throat red, but not so light as that of the male ; feet red. 

 Total length about 30 inches, culmen from feathers on forehead 

 3-2-3-6, wing 20-1-20-8, tail 11-3-13-5, tarsus 0-7. 



Male and female immature. Head and neck white, shading into 

 brown on the chest, breast, sides of the belly, lower neck, and 

 upper parts ; middle of the belly and flanks white. It will thus 



