216 PHAETHONTID^. PELECANIDJE. 



2. Bermuda. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Bermuda. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



8. Bermuda. Capt. J. Bruce Button [P.]. 



4. Bermuda 21st May. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 



6. Bermuda, May and June (Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



2. Barbados. J. L. Hurdis, Esq. [P.]. 



1. St. Vincent, W. Indies, 3rd May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Mrs. H. H. Smith). 



Phaethon aethereus, Linn. 

 (Plate YIII, fig. 4.) 



Phaeton aethereus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. vc. fig. 2 (1845-54) : 



Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xx. p. 480 (1888). 

 Phaethon sethereus, Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 71 (1883) ; 



Baird, Brewer $ Eidgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 189 (1884) ; 



Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 457 (1898) ; Rothsch. fy Hart. 



Nov. Zool. vi. p. 180 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 238 (1899) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 237 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. 



Paulista, iv. p. 273 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-tailed Tropic-bird measure from 2-01 to 

 2-37 in length, and from 1-45 to T77 in breadth. 



1. Hood Island, Galapagos Group, Webster-Harris Exped. 



26th Oct. (R. H, Beck}. 



1. Hood Island, 28th Oct. (R.H.B.}. Webster-Harris Exped. 



1. Hood Island (R. H. B.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Isabel Island, W. Coast of Mexico. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Fernando Noronha Island, Atlantic Royal Society [P.]. 



Ocean (H. N. Ridley). 



Family PELECAN1D.E. 



The eggs of the Pelicans are usually either of an elliptical or of a 

 biconical shape, both ends being precisely alike : a few specimens, 

 however, are of an ordinary oval form. The shell is strong, slightly 

 rough, and white, covered more or less with a layer of somewhat soft 

 chalky matter, which is often deposited in uneven patches and 

 wrinkles. 



The eggs of all the Pelicans are very similar. 



Genus PELECANUS, Linn. 

 Pelecanus onocrotalus, Gm. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xciii. fig. 7 (1845- 

 54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 38. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; Bree, Birds 

 Eur. iv. p. 174, pi. (1867) j Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 193 (1879) ; 



