■152 PHAETHONTID^. 



Nat. Mils. xiv. p. 492 (1891) [Japan] ; Lister, P. Z. S. 1891, pp. 293, 

 300 [Phoenix Is.] ; Sothsch. Avif. Laysan, pt. i. p. 33 (1893) ; 

 Reicfienoto, 7 d(/. Deutsch-O.-Afr. p. 24'(1894). 

 Red-tailed Tropic Bird, Lath. Gen. St/n. iii. pt. ii. p. G19, pi. cv. 

 (1785); id. Gen. Hist. B. x. p. 447, pi. 183 (1824); Steph. in 

 Shmo's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. i. pi. 14 (1826). 



Black-billed Tronic Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. ii. p. 619 (1785) 

 id. Gen. Hist. B. x. p. 446 (1824). 



Phaeton phcenicurus, Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 583 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. ii. p. 894 (1790); Bonnat. Ta1>l. Eneyd. Meth. i. p. 39 (1790) ; 

 Lacep. if Davdin, in Bvff. Hist. Nat. (ISino, Didot), Quadr. xiv. 

 p. 319, Ois. xvi. p. 28.3 (1799) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. 

 p. 466 (1817) ; id. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 199, pi. 279 (182r)); Steph. in 

 Shmv's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. i. p. 128 (1826) ; Mmerille, Icon. Reg 

 Anim., Ois. pi. 65. fig. 3 (1829-38) : Lesson, Irnife d'Orn. p. 625 

 (1831) ; Schinz, Nat. Abbild. Vor/. p. 388, pi. 134. fig. (1833) ; Brandt^ 

 Mem. Acad. St. Petersh. (6) v'. pt. 2, Livr. v. p. 252, pi. 1 (1840) ; 

 G. Ii. Gray, List of B. pt. iii. p. 182 (1844) ; Riipp. Viig. N.O.- 

 Afr. p. 140 (1845) ; Goidd, B. Austr. vii. pi. 73 (1848) ; Reichctth. 

 Natatores, pi. xxx. nos. 350-51, pi. xxxv." nos. 2551-2 (1850) ; 

 Hew/l. Voy. N.O.-Afr. p. 71 (1856); v. Pelz. SB. Ak. Wien, xli. 

 p. 331 (1860) [Norfolk I.] ; Hartl. Orn. Madac/asc. p. 86 (1861) 

 Krefft, Ibis, 1862, p. 192 [Brampton Shoals]'; Jonati, Mem. Sac, 

 Cherhoury, ix. p. 241 (1863) [New Caledonia]; WaJher, P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 379; Roch Sf Newton, IJjis, 1863, p. 175 [Madagascar] ; 

 Layard, Ibis, 1863, p. 247 [Rodriguez, Round I. : babit.<] ; Gould, 

 Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 501 (1865) ; HaHl. Voc/. Madnqasc. p. 393 

 (1877) ; Lister, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 529 [Christinas I., Indian Ocean]. 



Phaeton melanorhynchus, Gmel. S. N. \. pt. ii. p. 582 (1788) ; Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. ii. p. 894 (1790); Bonnat. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 40 

 (1790); Brandt, Mem. Acad St. Petersb. (6J v. pt. ii. p. 271 

 (1840). 



Phaeton nielanorhyncos, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. p. 465 

 (1817) ; Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. i. p. 127 (1826). 



New Holland Tropic Bird, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. x. p. 448 (1824). 



Phaeton aethereus, i\M«. {nee Linn.) Man. Orn. p. 603 (1834) [part]; 

 Aud. Orn. Bioq. iii. p. 442, pi. 262 (1835) ; Reichcnb. Natatores, 

 pi. xxix." no. 2299, juv. (1850) : Sclat. Sf Salv. Voy. Chall., Zool. 

 pt. ix. p. 118 (1880)'[Raine I.]. 



Phaeton nov.ie-hollandias, Brandt. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. (6) v. 

 pt. ii. p. 272 (1840). 



Phaiiton erubescens, Banks, Icon. ined. pi. 31 : G. R. Gray, List of 

 B. pt. iii. p. 182 (J 844) ; id. Ibis, 1862, p. 2.50. 



Phcenicurus rnbricauda, Bonap. Consp. Av. ii. p. 183 (1855). 



Phaeton candidiis, Verr. <$■ Des Murs (nee Temm.), Rev. Mag. Zool 

 1800, p. 442 [N. Caledonia] ; Laynrd. Ibis, 1882, p. 541. 



Phaeton rubricaudatus, Finsch 8,- Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 839 (1870) ; 

 Finsch, J.f. O. 1872, pp. 33, 57 [Samoa]. 



Adult. General colour of the jjlumage pure white, with a beautiful 

 pinkish tint in freshlj^-killcd specimens : a black band on the .sides 

 of the head passes through the eye and terminates in a crescent- 

 shaped mark above the gape; innermost secondaries with an irre- 

 gular black band down the middle ; fl.ink-feathers with the middles 

 greyish black ; all the quills and outer tail-feathers with the upper 

 surface of the shaft black, except at the extremity ; middle tail- 



