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18. Sula piscatrix. 



Sida pimifrix (Liun.), Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. TilG ; Ojrilvie Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxvi, p. 432 (1898) ; Sharpe, Haudl. B., i, p. 237. 



No. 94, 9 inim. Flying Fish Cove. 



[^Sula piscairix is very cominon all round the coast. Builds nest 

 of sticks iu hii^h trees. Begins to breed about January, and there 

 are great num])ers of young birds in grev plumage in October. — 

 r. \V. A.] 



Sub-Order PIIAETHONTES. 



19. Phaethon rubricauda. 



Phaethon ph<F.nicurut, Gm. : Lister, I'.Z.S., 1888, p. 529. 



Fhacihon ruhricdmla, Bodd. : Ofiilvie Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xxvi, p. 451 

 (1898) ; Sharpe, Haudl. B., i, p. 238 (1899). 



No. 14, S «^^- Flying Fish Cove, August, 1897. 

 a, b, ^ ^ ad. Flving Fish Cove. 

 ■ No. 15, $ juv. Flying Fish Cove, August, 1897. 



c, 9 '^^- Fh-ing Fish Cove, August, 1897, "Taken on nest 

 with No. 15." 



d, S ^^- Flying Fish Cove, March 21, 1898. Taken from nest 

 in hole of cliff. 



[The habits of the white Tropic Bird are much like those of 

 the yellow one, but it seems to nest almost exclusively in holes 

 in the cliffs, and I never saw it flying among the trees. The 

 colour of the young bird is exactly like that of the other species. — 

 C. W. A.] 



20. Phaethon fulvus. (Plate III.) 



Fhaethon flavirostris {nee Brandt), Lister, P.Z.S. , 1888, p. 528. 

 Phaethon fulvus, Brandt : Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xxvi, p. 455 (1898). 



No. 38, S ad. Flying Fish Cove, August 28, 1897. 



No. 41, 9 ad. Flving Fish Cove, August 3(1, 1897. 



No. 47, 9 juv. Flying Fish Cove, September 20, 1897. "Just 

 beginning to fly." 



Nos. 67, 69,' 9 ^^^- Flying Fish Cove, November 19, 1897. 



No. 68, S ad. Flying "Fish Cove, November 19, 1897. 



<?, J, c? 9 ad. Flying Fish Cove. December 26, 1897. 



There appears to be no difference in the colour of the sexes, and 

 the orange tint is equally well developed in both the male and 

 female. The young bird, however, shows no orange in the 

 plumage, but is white, spotted on the head and barred on the back 

 with black ; the inner secondaries with black longitudinal markings 

 of irregular shape on the outer web ; the primaries and a few of 



