April 20, 1923.] Birds of the Ituhaii Empire. 229 



Family Phaethonid^. 

 3041. (153?.) Phsethon indicus. The Short-tailed Tropic- 

 bird. 

 Phlethon indicus Hume, S. F., to, p. 481 (1876), 



{Mekran). 



Breeding Persian Gulf. Indian Coasts. 



2042. (1534) Phffithon lepturus lepturus. The White T opic- 



bird. 



Pheethon lepturus Daudin, Buff., Hist. Nat., xiv, p. 

 319 (1802), {Mauritius). 

 Casual Indian coasts; once Cachar. 



2043. (1535) Phaethon rubricauda rubricauda. The Red- 



tailed Tropic-bird. 



Phc«thon rubricauda Bodd , Tabl. PI. Enl., p. 57 

 (1783), (Mauritius). 

 Casual Indian Coasts. 



Order TUBINARES. 

 Family Procellariid^. 



2044. (1536) Oceanites oceanicus oceanicus. Wilson'sStor- 



my Petrel. 



Procellaria oceanica Kuhl , Beitr. Anat., ii, p. 136, 

 pi. X. (1820), (S. Atlantic Ocean). 

 Casual on Mekran Coast, etc. Atlantic and Indian 

 Oceans. 



2045. (1537) Fregetta tropica melanogastra. The DuslsU- 



vented Petrel. 



Thalassidroma melanogaster Gould, A. M. N. H,, 

 xiii, p. 367 (1844), (Is. St. Paul). 

 Once Bay of Bengal. 



2046. (1538) Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus. TheGreew 



billed Shearwater. 



Puffinus chlororhynchus Le«.s., Traite d'Orn., p. 613 

 (1831), {Shark Is.). 

 Casual Madras. 



2047. (1539) Puffinus persicus. The Persian Shearwater. 



Puffinus persicus Hume, S. P., t, p. .5 (1873), {Ptrnan 

 Gulf) 

 Arabian Sea. Coasts of N. W. India. 



2048. (1540) Daption capensis. The Cape Petrel. 



Procellaria capensis Linn., S. N., i, p. 213 (1766), 

 (Z%e Cape of Good Hope). 



Southern Oceans. Once in Ceylon. 



