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PHAETON ATHEREUS. “ 
TAB. CXIII. 2 
P. albus ; dorso, uropygio tectricibusque alaram minoribus 
nigro-striatis, rectricum scapis basi fasciaque supra- 
oculari nigris, rostro rufescente. 
Phaeton zthereus, auctorum. 
Habitat in Pelago inter Tropicos. 
ff .” 
ETHEREAL TROPIC-BIRD. 
White ; back, and lesser wing-coverts striated with black, 
base of the quills of the tail, and a mark above the eye 
black ; beak reddish. 
This Phaeton is the species so often mentioned by voy- 
agers, under the general name of treaty bird. “It. is rarely 
seen in collections of birds. 
