1. PHAirruoN. 459 



q. Ad. sk. Boatswain-bird I., Ascension, Dr. Frank Penrose 



Jan. 4 {Dr. D. Gill). [P.]. 



r. Skeleton. [Ascension I."^. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



aj. Ad. inspirits. [Ascension 1.1. ' Cliallenger' Exped. 



6. Phaethon indicus. (Plate VI.*) 



Phaeton jetliereus, Sumlev. (nee Linn.) Ann. Mar/. N. II. xix. p. 234 

 (1847) ; Bhjth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc. p. 296 (1849) ; id. Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 178 [Bav of Bengal] ; Finsch ^- Ilartl. Viiy. Ost-Afr. p. 840 

 (1870) [part]; Hcm/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. p. 1467 (1873) [part]; 

 Hunw, IStr. F. i. pp. 2S0, 441 (1S7'3) [Gulf of Oman], ii. p. 323 

 (1874) [Andanians, Cocos] ; Blanf. E. Pers. ii. p. 299 (_1S76). 



Phaeton rubiicauda, Blanf. (nee Bocld.) Zool. Abyss, p. 441 (1870) 

 [Anneslev Bay]. 



Phaeton iudicus, 'Hn7ne, Str. F. iv. p. 481 (1876) [Mekran Coast] ; 

 Butler, Str. F. v. p. 302 (1877) [Mekran Coast]; Hume 8) Davison, 

 Str. F. vi. p. 493 (1878)[Tenasserim] ; Butler, Str. F. viii. p. 388 

 (1870) [Coast of Siud] ; id. Cat. B. Sind, p. 81 (1879) ; id. Cat. 

 B. S. Bombay, p. 112 (1880) ; Leqye, B. Ceylon, iii. p. 1173 

 (1880) : Hume, Str. F. x. p. 147 (1881) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. 

 p. 22t; (1883) ; Yerhtry, Ibis, 1886, p. 23 [Aden] ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1886, p. 168 [Muscat] ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 179 [Aden] ; Yer- 

 hury. Ibis, 1896, p. 40. 



Adult. Much like P. cutliereus, but smaller and readily distin- 

 guished by the following particulars : — The black band on the sides 

 of the head is nearly obsolete behind the eye, only the bases of the 

 feathers being black ; the middle pair of tail-feathers always com- 

 ])aratively short ; and the bill is orange-red, with the cutting-edges 

 and tijjs of the mandibles blackish. Tail composed of 14 feathers. 

 Iris blackish brown ; bill orange or orange-red, dusky round the 

 nostrils, along the cutting-edges of the mandible and at their 

 extremities ; legs and upper part of toes greyish white ; rest of toes 

 and claws black {A. 0. Hume). 



Adult male. Total length about 24 inches, culraon from feathers 

 on forehead 2-15-2-4, wing 10-6-11-6, tail 7-5-9-6, tarsus 0-9-1. 



Adult female. Total length about 24 inches, culmen from feather* 

 on forehead 2-2-2'3, wing 10-9-11-4, tail 7-5-11-9, tarsus 0-95. 



Hah. Northern parts of the Indian Ocean, from the lied Sea and 

 Persian Gulf to the Straits of Malacca. 



a. $ad. sk. AnneslevBay,RedSea,.Ian..']0. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



6. Ad. sk. Muscat, Persian Gulf. Col. Miles [P.]. 



c-h. S ? ad. sk. Mekran Coast, off Oemara, Hume Coll. 



Feb. {A. O. H.). (Tvpesof the species.) 



i-l. S 2 ad. sk. Mekran Coast, May 14 {E. A. Hume Coll. 



Butler), 



m. cS ad. sk. Near Pigeon I., off the coast Hume Coll. 



of Kanara, Feb. 9 {A. O. H.). 



n. Ad. sk. Straits of Malacca (Dr. Cantor). India Museum [P.]. 



* The plate is not quite correct ; the black band on the sides of the head 

 should be nearly obsolete behind the eye. 



