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Pelecanus vigna, Vieill., Enclyclop. Method., i, 1823, 342. 

 HalicBus hrasilianua, Light., Doubl. d. Zool. Mus., 1823, 86, 908. 

 Graculus hrasilianus, Gray, Gen. of Birds, t. — . 

 Phalacrocorax graculus, Gould, B. of Ear., t. 408. 

 Phalacrocorax niger, King, Zool. Jour., iv, 1828, 101, sp. 63. 

 Carho mystaoalis, Less,, Traits d'Orn., 1831, 604. 

 Carbo hrasilianus, Spix, Av. Brasil, ii, 1824, t. 106. 



Zaramagullon negro, Azara, Apunt. Hist. Nat. Paxaros del Pax'aguay, &c., iii, — , 395, 423. 

 Locality : Concepcion Bay, Chili. 



TACHYPETID^. 



TACHYPETES MINOR, {Gm.) Illig. [No, 67320]. 



Pelecanus minor, Gm., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 572. 

 Pelecanus palmerstoni, Gm., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 573. 

 Fregataminor, Br., Av., vi, 1760, 509, sp. 7. 

 Tacliypetes minor, Illig., Prodro,, 1811. 

 Atiagen ariel, Gould, Birds of Austr., vii, t. 72. 

 Tachypetes ariel, Gray, Gen. Birds, t. 185. 



Localities: Christmas and Palmyra Islands. One of the specimens a. 

 young bird with a white head. Not very abundant. They were not 

 breeding on any of the islands at the time of our visit. 



PH^THONTIDJ]. 



PH^THON EUBRICAUDUS, Bodd. [Nos. 67329, 67330]. 



PhcBthon rubricauda, Bodd., Tabl. PL Enl. d'Aub., 1783, 57.— Buff., PI. Enl., 979. 

 Phcethon phoenicuros, Gm., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 583. 

 PhcetJion aithereus, Bloxh., Voy. Blonde, 1826, 251. 

 Phcenicurus ruhricauda, Bp., Consp. Av., ii, 1857, 183. 



Locality: Christmas Island. Two specimens. One in immature plum- 

 age. The feathers of the whole upper surface of the head, neck, and 

 body marked with transverse bars of black and white. Bill black. The 

 elongated central tail-feathers absent. These birds were brought to the 

 ship by the sailors from a distant part of the island. They were taken 

 from off their nests, which were on the ground under low bushes. Egg 

 white, speckled with brown. 



LAEID^. 



LARUS ARGENTATUS OCCIDENTALIS, {Aud.) Cs. [No. 70664]. 

 Lat'us ocddentalis, Aud., Orn. Biog., v, 1839, 320. 

 Glaucus ocddentalis, Bruch., J. f. O., 1853, 101. 



