1. PnAETHON, 



45c 



bars being Rubcrescentic in shape ; otherwise the plumage is much 

 like that of tlie adult. 



Hub. Inter-tropical seas, except the east coast of 2^orth America 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



c. Vix ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



f, 9- 6 ad. sk. 

 h. cf ad. sk. 



i. 2 ad. sk. 

 k. 2 imm. sk. 



l-n. S 2 ad. sk 



0, p. Ad. sk. 



r/, r. Ad. sk. 

 s-u. Ad. sk. 

 V. cJ ad. sk. 

 w. d" juv. sk. 

 .'•. Ad. sk. 

 >J. 2 ad. sk. 



s. 2 ad. sk. 

 «'. Ad. sk. 



b', c'. Ad. sk. 



(V. Ad. sk. 



e',f. Ad. sk. 

 f/. Skull. 

 h'-k'. Skeleton, 



2 sterna. 

 /'. Skeleton. 



Fernando Noronha. 

 Ascension Island. 

 Ascension 1. {Lieut. 



Squire, R.N.). 

 Ascension I. 



M. 



Boatswain-bird I., Ascension 



I. of St. Thomas, Feb. 27 

 (F. Xewto7i). 



I. of Cabras. 



Indian Ocean, S.E. of Ma- 

 dagascar, Oct. 29. 



Rodriguez {Rev. H. H. 

 Slater). 



Round I., Nov. {Capt. 

 Bewsher). 



Mauritius. 



Reunion. 



Seychelles, 



Cachar {J. Inglis). 



Pelew Islands (O. Finsch). 



At sea to the north of New 

 Guinea, March 19. 



Tongataboo. 



Samoa. 



Samoa. 



Upolu, Samoa. 



South Seas. 



Rodriguez {Rev. H. H. 

 Slater). 



3. Phaethon falvus. 



' Challenger ' Exped. 

 J. Noble, Esq. [P.]. 

 Howard Saunders, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 \V. E. de Winton. 



Esq. [P.]. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 

 Lisbon Museum [P.]. 



Lisbon Museum [P.]. 

 Earl of Crawford 



Transit of Venus 



Exped. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



M. Van Dam [P.]. 



Shelley Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



' CJiallenger ' Exped. 



' Challenger ' Exped. 

 Rev. J. B. Stair [P.]. 

 Rev. S. J. Whitmee 



[C.]. 

 Howard Saunders, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Old Coll. 



'Challenger' Exped. 

 Transit of Venus 



Exped. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Le Paille-en-cul fauve (Lepturus fulvus), Bri.is. Orn. vi. p. 489 



(1760). 

 Yellow Tropic Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. ii. p. 619 (1785). 

 Phaeton fulvus, Brandt, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. (6) v. pt. ii. n 269 



(1840). w f V o 



Phaeton flavirostrls, Reichenb. {nee Brandt) Natatorcs, -pi. xxx 



fig. 8.52 (1850); Lister, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 528 [Christmas I., 



Indian Ocean]. 

 Phaeton flavo-aurantius, Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. York, vii. p. 142 



(1862) ; Grant, Bull. B. O. C. no. xlix. p. x.xiii (1897) f Christmas 



I., Indian Ocean |. 



Adult. Markings exactly similar to those of P. Jejiturus, but the 

 general colour of the plumage rich salmon, inclining to orange, 

 somewhat paler on the under surface. Tail composed of 12 feathers! 



