NO. 2 FOSSIL AND SUBFOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE I7 



Family PHAETHONTIDAE : Tropicbirds 



PHAeTHON LEPTURUS Daudin: White-tailed Tropicbird 



Phaeton lepturus Daudin, in Bufifon, Hist. Nat., ed. Didot, Quadrupedes, vol. 14, 

 1802, p. 319. (Mauritius.) 



The right and left ulna, right and left radius, carpometacarpus, 

 and scapula that represent this species are obviously modern in ap- 

 pearance, and are believed to represent an intrusion in the older 

 deposit. It is probable that all come from one individual as the 

 duplicate elements are paired. 



LITERATURE CITED 



Nelson, R. J. 



1840. On the geology of the Bermudas. Trans. Geo!. Soc. London, ser. 2, 

 vol. 5 (1837), pp. 103-123, figs. I- 16, map. 

 Shufeldt, R. W. 



1916. The bird-caves of the Bermudas and their former inhabitants. Ibis, 



ser. 10, vol. 4, No. 2, Oct. 2, pp. 623-635, pi. 20. 

 1922. A comparative study of some subfossil remains of birds from Ber- 

 muda, including the "cahow." Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 13, Nos. 

 3-4, Apr. 25, pp. 333-418, pis. 16-31. 



