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Family PHAETHONID^E. 



Phaethon aetherius. RED-BILLED TROPIC-BIRD. 



Phaethon setherius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 134 r 

 Ascension Island. 



Phaethon setherius Linn. ; Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 

 1898, p. 457 ; Saunters, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 366. 



An example is said to have been found dead at Cradley, 

 near Malvern, about 1854. 



This Tropic-bird inhabits the tropical portions of the 

 Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It has wandered as far north 

 as the Newfoundland Banks. 



Family ANHINGIML 

 Anhinga anhinga. THE AMERICAN DARTER. 



PlOtUS anhinga Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 218 : Brazil. 



Plotus anhinga Linn.; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 

 1898, p. 419 ; Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 364. 



One example is said to have been shot near Poole, Dorset- 

 shire, June 1851. 



The Darter inhabits tropical America from Florida and 

 Texas to Brazil. 



Order ANSERI FORMES. 

 Family ANATID^. 



Cygnus imnmtabilis. POLISH SWAN. 



Cygnus immutabilis Yarrell, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, 

 p. 19. 



Cygnus immutabilis Yarrell B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 120 ; 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 418. 



The Polish Swan is now generally admitted to be a 



