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from Palestine and Asia Minor to Transcaspia, and the Tobolsk and Tomsk governments in 

 Siberia east to Mongolia and China, as well as Dauria and Amuria. Statements of breeding 

 in S. Africa require confirmation. It migrates southward in autumn to Africa, where it ranges 

 south to Cape Colony, and in Asia south to the Deccan in India, Persia, and Mesopotamia. As 

 a casual visitor it has occurred nineteen times in England, and also in Norway and Finland. 

 [F. c. R. J.] 



THE TROPIC-BIRD 



[ORDER : Ciconiiformes. SUBORDER : Steganopodes. FAMILY : Phcethontidce] 



[REDBILLED TROPIC-BIRD, Phaethon cethereus (LinniBus). Is said to have once been found 

 dead in Hereford. [F. R. c. J.] ] 



THE DARTEKS 



[ORDER : Ciconiiformes. SUBORDER : Steganopodes. FAMILY : Phalacrocoracidai] 



[AMERICAN -DARTER, Anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus). Is said to have been shot once near Poole 

 in Dorset (1851). [F. c. R. J.] ] 



THE PELICANS 



[ORDER : Ciconiiformes. SUBORDER : Steganopodes. FAMILY : Pelecanidce] 



[ROSEATE-PELICAN, Pelecdnus onocrotalus (Linnseus). Has occurred in England, but in all 

 cases probably had escaped from confinement. Its nearest breeding-place is the Dobrogea. 

 [F. c. R. J.] ] 



TTHE PETRELS 1 



[ORDER : Procellariiformes. SUBORDER : Tubinares. FAMILY : Procellariidce. 



SUBFAMILY : Procellariinae] 



MADEIRAN FORKTAILED-PETREL [Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt). German, Harcourts 

 gabelschwdnziger Sturmvogel]. 



1. Description. Distinguished by the black plumage and the white base of the tail. 

 Length about 7*5 in. [190 mm.]. General coloration of the upper parts dull brownish grey ; 

 upper tail-coverts pure white, broadly tipped with dull brownish grey ; tail blackish brown, 

 white at the base ; wings very long, extending beyond the tail, with the outer webs deep 

 brownish black and the inner webs brownish grey ; greater and medium wing-coverts paler ; 

 longer flank feathers pure white ; bill and feet black, [w. p. p. and T. w.] 



2. Distribution. Breeds on isolated rocks both in the Atlantic and Pacific. In the 

 Atlantic it nests on the outlying islets of the Azores, Madeira (Porto Santo and the Desertas), 

 the Salvages, and the Desertas in the Canaries, the Cape Verde Archipelago, and probably 

 St. Helena. In the Pacific it has been met with in the Hawaiian Isles, and probably also 

 breeds in the Galapagos, while a specimen has been obtained in Australia, and as a casual 

 it has occurred in Washington City and in Indiana. In Europe, three specimens have been 

 obtained in England (Kent and Hants) and two in Denmark. [F. c. K. J.] 



1 Vol. iv. p. 380. 



