418 Messrs. G. M. iNfatliews and Tom Tiedale : 



Synonym : — 



Fregata aquila Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 50. [The type-locality 

 of Pelecanus aquilus Linne, Syst. Nat. lOtli ed. 1758, p. 133, is 

 Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean.] 



Range : — New Zealand (accidental visitor : about three 

 occurrences: Castle Point, Wellington, Feb. 1863; Cape 

 Farewell Light, South Island, April 15, 1901 ; Westport, 

 South Island, before jNIay 1903) ; extralimital. 



Fregata ariel ariel (Gould). Lesser Frigate Bird. 



Attagen ariel Gould, Birds Austr. vol. vii. 1818, pi. 72 : 

 Raine Island, North Australia. 



Synonym : — 



Fregata ariel Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 52. 



.Range : — New Zealand (accidental visitor: one occurrence, 

 Whakapuaka Bay, Nelson, 1855) ; extralimital. 



Note ; — There has been so much confusion with these tAvo 

 species that it is desirable that this specimen, which is still 

 preserved in the Nelson Museum {fide Buller), should be 

 examined. 



Family PHAETH0NT1D.E. 



Genus PIIAETIION. 



Phaethon Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 134. 

 Type (by subsequent designation) : P. cethereus Linne. 



Phaethon rubricauda novsehollandiae Brandt. Ruddy Tropic 

 Bird. 

 Phaethon novcehollandta Brandt, Mem. Acad. Sci. St. 

 Pctcrsb. ser. 6, vol. v. 1840, pi. ii. p. 27.2: Lord Howe 

 Island. 



Synonyms : — 



PhaetJwn rubricauda eruhescens Rothschild, A\if. Laysan, 1900, 



pi. iii. p. 296 : Kermadec Islands. 

 Phaethon rubricauda Buller, Suppl. vol. ii. p. 63. [The type-locality 

 oi Phaethon rubricauda Bcddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enl. 1783, p. 57, 

 no. 979, is Mauritius.] 



Range : — Kermadec Islands (breeding); extralimital. 



