OF THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO. 497 



Fregata aquila. 



Pelecanus aquilus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 316. 

 Fregetta aquila, Darwin, ZooL Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 146. 

 Tachypetes aquilus, Sundev. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 125. 



Hob. Galapagos {Darwin, Sundevall). 



Dr. Habel observed this bird breeding on Tower Island, but he did not secure any 

 specimens. 



Genus Phaeton. 



Universally distributed throughout the tropics. 



Phaeton jEthereus. 

 Phaeton tsthereus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 219. 

 Hah. Tower Island {Habel), 



Genus Ardea. 



A genus universally distributed. The species found in the Galapagos is the North- 

 and Central-American bird, not the Ai-dea 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. 323. 



Hah. Galapagos {Darwin) ; Indefatigable Island {Hahel). 



" 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 diflerent 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, Sundev. 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 Phoenicopte.rm ruber, 



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