OF THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO. 497 
FREGATA AQUILA. 
Pelecanus aquilus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 216. 
Fregetta aquila, Darwin, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 146. 
Tachypetes aquilus, Sundey. P. Z.S. 1871, p. 125. 
Hab. Galapagos (Darwin, Sundevall). 
Dr. Habel observed this bird breeding on Tower Island, but he did not secure any 
specimens. 
Genus PHaArton. 
Universally distributed throughout the tropics. 
PHAETON ZTHEREUS. 
Phaeton ethereus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 219. 
Hab. Tower Island (Habel). 
Genus ARDEA. 
A genus universally distributed. The species found in the Galapagos is the North- 
and Central-American bird, not the Ardea cocoi of the southern continent. 
ARDEA HERODIAS. 
Ardea herodias, Linn., Baird, B. N. Am. p. 668; Darwin, Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 128; Scl. & Salv. 
P. Z.S. 1870, p. 328. ' 
Hab. Galapagos (Darwin); Indefatigable Island (Hade/). 
«This Heron is the largest bird I collected on the islands, though I saw flying high 
in the air larger birds with white and cream-coloured bodies and pink wings. They 
were called Flamingoes by our men’. I always saw solitary birds of the Heron visiting 
the ebb tide, the exposed reefs, and the rocky shore, seeking small fish left in the rocky 
pools. At high tide it will pathetically, with bent head, wade the swamps in pursuit 
of fish. When flying it utters a hoarse cry. It is somewhat shy, perhaps from being 
hunted by the visitors from the mainland, to whom it is known as the ‘ Garza real,’ and 
by whom it is esteemed good to eat.”—H. 
Genus BUTORIDES. 
A widely ranging genus, represented by different species in North and South America. 
The Galapagos bird more closely resembles B. javanicus, a species widely ranging over 
Australia and the Indian and Australian Islands. 
BUTORIDES PLUMBEUS. 
Ardea plumbea, Sundey. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 125, 127. 
Butorides javanicus, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 323. 
Hab. Indefatigable Island (Habel); James Island (Sundevall). 
? Doubtless Phenicopterus ruber. 
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