1. PHAEXHON. 451 



b'. General colour of plumage rich apricot 



or oriinne-salmon fulvus, p. 455. 



b. Black ou outer web of first primary extends 



to within about half an incli of the ex- 

 tremity ; on the second and fourtli quiUs 



it reaches nearly to the tip, \vhile the 



outer web of the third is eitlier entirely 



black, or sometimes very narrowly tipped 



with white ; bill uniform j'ellow, except 



above the nasal opening americanus, p. 456, 



B. Bill mostly red or coral-red : back and sca- 

 pulars transversely barred with black ; 

 outer web of first pvimarj' black almost to 

 the tip. 



c. Bill uniform bright coral-red, a conspicuous 



black baud behind the eye ; middle pair 

 of tail-feathers very long (about 26 

 inches) (Bthereus, p. 457. 



d. Bill orange or orange-red, dusky along 



the cutting-edges of the mandibles and 

 at their extremities ; black band behind 

 eye rudimentary or absent ; middle 

 pair of tail-feathers less elongate, not 

 exceeding 12 inches iiidicut, p. 459, 



1. Phaethon rubricauda. 



Le Paille-eu-queue a brins rouaes, L'i'ff'. Hist. Xat. Ois. viii. p. 357 

 (1781). 



Paille-en-queue de I'Isle de France, UAubent. PI. Enl. ix. pi. 74 

 [no. 979]. 



Phaeton rubricauda, Bodd. Tabl. PL JSnl. p. 57 (1783) ; G. R. Gray. 

 Gen. B. iii. p. (JG3 (1847) ; Cassin, U.S. Ripl. Exped. p. 395 

 (1858) ; Newton, Ibis, 18(Jl, p. 180 [Round I., off Mauritius : 

 breeding] ; G. R. Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 250 [New Zealand] ; Schl. 

 3Ius. Pays-Bas, vi. 7'e/cc. p. 44 (1863) ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 849 

 (1864) ; 'Fimch ^- Ilartl. Beitr. Faun. Ccntraljmhjnes. p. 248 

 (18G7) ; Beaian, Ibis, 1868, p. 405 [Andamans] ; Schleg. ^■ 

 PoUen, Rech. Madaganc. pt. ii. p. 140 (1868) ; G. R. Gi'ay, 

 Hand-1. B. iii. p. 125 (1871) ; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. p. 1472 

 (1873) ; Salcad. Ucc. Borneo, p. 370 (1874) ; mime, Str. F. ii. 

 p. .322 fl874) [Bay of Bengal] ; Tristram, Ibis, 1876, p. 266 [New 

 Hebrides] ; Laya'rd, Ibis, 187(5, p. 393 [Fiji] ; Streets, Btdl. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. yii. p. 25 (1877) [Christmas I.] ; Ramsay, P. Linn. Sac 

 N. S. W. ii. p. 203 (1877) [N. Australia & S. New Guinea] ; Buller, 

 Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. x. p. 219 (1878); Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 265 

 Tluon I., N. Caledonia: breeding]; Finsch, J.f. O. 1880, p. 296 

 'Caroline Is.]; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 233 [Loyalty Is.], 1881, p. 115 

 ■Pouape], 1882, pp. 542, 544 [Australia] ; Bidler, Man. B. N. Zeal. 

 p. 97 (1882) ; Gates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 224 (1883) ; Grandidier, 

 Hist. Madayasc, Ois. p. 697, pis. 281,281 a (1885) ; Crotcfoot, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 268 [Norfolk, Nepean & Philip Is. : breeds] ; Buller, B. 

 N. Zenl. 2nd ed. ii. p. 186 (1888) : North, Nests c^- Eyys B. Aiistr. 

 p. 362. pi. xix. ti-r. 1 (1889) ; Seebohm, B. Jap. p. 213 (1890); id. 

 Ibis, 1890, ]). 107 [Jionin & Kru.senstern Is.], 1891, p. 192 [Volcano 

 Is.^; Wialesti: Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1890-91, p. 73; Stejn. P. U.S. 



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