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p. 150 (1880) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1204 (1880) ; Baird, Brewer 

 $ Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 128 (1884) ; Grant, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxvi. p. 443 (1898) ; Rothsch. $ Hart. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 175 

 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 236 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 237 (1899) ; Sharpe in Andrews' Monogr. Christmas Island, p. 42 

 (1900) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 273 (1900) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 989 (1901). 



Tachypetes aquila,' Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 38. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; 

 Butter, Birds New Zeal 2nd ed. ii. p. 182 (1888). 



The eggs of the Great Frigate-bird measure from 2-34 to 2'85 in 

 length, and from 1'65 to 2 in breadth. 



1. Bay of Fonseca, British Honduras, 

 1st Jan. (G. Cavendish Taylor). 



1. Bay of Fonseca, 1st Jan. ( G. C. T. : 

 Tristram Coll.). 



1. Half-Moon Cay, British Honduras 



(0. Salvin). 



2. Man-of-War Cay, Brit. Honduras 



(O. S.). 

 1. Barbuda Island, West Indies 



(O. Nugent). 

 5. Ascension Island. 



1. Boatswain-bird Island, Ascension 



Island, Feb. 



2. Christmas Island, Indian Ocean 



(C. W.Andrews). 

 1. Christmas Island, 20th April 



(C. W. A.). 

 1. Maiden Island, Pacific, Ocean 



(Campbell Coll.). 

 1. Wenman Island, Galapagos, 31st 



July (C. M. Harris). 

 1. Culpepper Island, Galapagos, 27th 



July(G M. H.}. 

 1. Gardner Island, Galapagos, 31st 



Oct. (F. P. Drowm}. 

 1. Gardner Island, 31st Oct. (F. P. Z).). 

 1. Hood Island, Galapagos, 28th Oct. 



(F. P. #.). 



1. Hood Island, 27th Oct. (F. P. D.). 

 1. Hood Island, 28th Oct. (C. D. 



Hull). 

 1. Hood Island, 28th Oct. (C.D.H.). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Col. H. W. Feilden, C.B. [P.]. 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 

 Surg. Comry, R.N. [P.]. 



Sir John Murray [P.]. 

 Sir John Murray [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Webster-Harris Exped. 

 Webster-Harris Exped. 

 Webster-Harris Exped. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Webster-Harris Exped. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Webster-Harris Exped. 



Webster-Harris Exped. 



Fregata ariel (Gould). 



Fregata ariel, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xciii. fig. 11 (1845-54) ; 



Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 447 (1898); Sharpe, Hand-l. 



i. p. 237 (1899) ; id. in Andrews' Monogr. Christmas Island, p. 44 



(1900) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 236 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ 



Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 991 (1901). 

 Tachypetes minor, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 499 (1865) ; North, 



Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 364 (1889) ; Walker, Ibis, 1892, 



p. 258. 



