Dole.] 308 [February 17, 



PELICANID^. 



44. Phaeton rubricauda Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl., p. 57. 

 FInsch und Hartlaub, Ornitli. Central-Polynesiens, p. 248. Cassin, U. 

 S. ExjA. Exped., Mam. and Ornith., p. 395. P. phoeniciirus Gmelin, 

 Syst. Nat., I, p. 583. Gould, Birds of Austr., VII, pi. lxxiii. 



Ad. Totus sericeo-albus, rosaceo, tinctus ; remigibus concoloribus; 

 rectricibus duabus intermedils longissimis, intense rubris, scapis ni- 

 gris; rostro rubro; pedibus flavis, membranis nigris. Long. cor. 3 

 pollices. 



Quite common tbrougbout the group, especially on Niihau and 

 Kauai. The natives climb the almost inaccessible cliffs to get the 

 rose colored tail-feathers which they pull from the birds on their nests. 



45. Phaeton sethereus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., p. 219 (1766). 

 Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exped., Mam. and Ornith., p. 394. Finsch und 

 Hartlaub, Ornith. Central-Polynesiens, p. 250. 



P. albus, dorso nigro-lasciolate et undulate; rostro Isete rubro; ii-ide 

 flava. (Finsch und Hartlaub.) 



46. Tachypetes aquilus Vieill., Gal. des Oiseaux (1825), p. 

 274. Baird, Birds of North America, p. 873. Finsch und Hartlaub, 

 Ornith. Central-Polynesiens, p. 265. Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exped., 

 Mam. and Ornith., p. 358. T. Palmerstoni, Ibid., p. 359. Cassin, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1856. Atagen aquilus Gray, Cat. 

 Birds Trop. Ids., 1859, p. 61. 



Breeds on Nihoa. (Ivittlitz.) 



PROCELLARID^. 



47. Thalassidroma . An unnamed species fi-om the 



Hawaiian Islands is in the Smithsonian collection. 



48. Proeellaria alba Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, p. 565; ^slrelata 

 leucocephala ? Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, II, p. 189. Uau of the 

 natives. 



P. ex fusco nigi-a, gulfe area, pectore, abdomine et crisso albis; tec- 

 tricibus caudas inferioribus ex cinereo et albo mistis ; rostro nigro; 

 Cauda rotundata, 16 pollices longa. (Gmelin.) 



A LIST OF HAWAIIAN NAMES OF INDIGENOUS BIRDS. 



A = Aaianuheakane, large sea Ao = kaao. 

 bird. Aua = alala. 



