AVES PROCELLARIID^. 



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Geographical Range. — Southern Oceans. North of the Equator in 

 Tropical waters. 



Fregetta melanogaster (Gould). 

 Thalassidyoma melanogaster, Gould, Ann. & Mag. N. H. XIII. p. 367 



(1844). 

 Fregetta nielanogasfra, Scl. & Salv. Voy. Chall. II. Birds, App. p. 151 



(188 1 : Falkland Islands, eggs); Carbajal, La Patagonia, Part II. p. 



277 (1900). 

 Cynwdroma melanogaster, Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 364 (1896); 



Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 18 (1900). 

 Fregetta melanogaster, Coues, Auk, XIV. p. 315 (1897); Sharpe, Hand- 

 List, Bds. I. p. 122 (1899); Gates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 



151 (1901) ; Sharpe, Rep. Coll. Nat. Hist. "Southern Cross," Aves, 



p. 141 (1902). 



Fig. 71. 



Fregetta melanogaster. Profile of head. 

 From material in the British Museum. 

 Natural size. 



Fig. 72. 



Fregetta melanogaster. Head from 

 above. From material in the British 

 Museum. Natural size. 



General description. 



Size. Adnlt Male. — Total length, about 8.0 inches. 

 Wing, 7.0 inches. 

 Tail, 3.2 inches. 

 Bill, 0.9 inch. 



