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A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF FERNANDO NORONHA. 



1. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). A few Wilson's Petrels were 

 seen from the whaleboat between our vessel and the shore. 



2. Phaethon lepturus (Lacep. & Daudin). Phaethon lepturus, 

 Grant, Cat. B. XXVI, p. 453, Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 39. 



The Bo'sun Birds were nesting in niches of the cliffs along the 

 beach, and they could be frightened from their eggs only with 

 difficulty. Three breeding females, of which two are typical 

 lepturus, were collected. The third specimen represents a phase 

 of the species hitherto apparently undescribed. In this specimen 

 the white feathers are replaced entirely by a plumage of pale pink, 

 or pinkish salmon, slightly orange on the back but less so than in 

 P. fulvus of the Indian Ocean. The pattern of light and dark 



