202 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



and central under tail-coverts pure white. " Tarsi and webs bright 

 chrome-relJow, under surface of webs greenish yellow : iris pure 

 green; gular sac bright chrome-yellow; tarsi yellow shading into 

 bluish grey " (P. R. Lowe). 



Total length 620 mm., culmen 93, wing 375, tail 201, tarsus 41, 

 middle toe and claw 76. 



Adult feniale. Similar to the adult male. Wing 390 mm. 



The male described is in the British Museum and was collected 

 at Los Hermanos Island, Caribbean Sea, by Dr. P. K. Lowe on 

 the 1st of February, 1907. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



Sest. L'nrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Georgetown {Quelch). 



Kxtralimital Range. Eastern Coasts of South America to the 

 Straits of Magellan. Tropical and sub-tropical seas of the world. 



Mr. J. J. Quelch (Timehri (2) t. p. 107j records this species at 

 Georgetown. 



Family FREGATID.E. 



Tlie Friga'e birds are essentially sea-birds, and can always be 

 distinguishel by their long and pointed wings, the large pouch, 

 which is attached to the throat of the breeding male only, the 

 long and deeply forked tail, the short and feathered legs, and the 

 long middle toe, all the toes being webbed. 



Genus FEEGATA Lacep. 



Fregata (Lacepede, Tabl. Ois. p. 1-j, 1799;. Daudin, in Hist. Xat. 

 (Buffon), ed. Didot, Quadr. vol. xiv. p. 317, 1S02. Type F. minor 

 (GmeL). 



The characters which distinguish this genus are the same as 

 those mentioned under the family. 



128. Fregata minor. 



Frigate Bird. 



Felecanus minor Gmel. Sygt. Xat. i. p. 572, 1789 (West Indies). 

 Tnchypeies aquila Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 7G3, 1818. 

 Fregata aquila (nee Linn.), Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 168; Ogil vie- Grant, 



