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18. Sula piscatrix. 



Sula piscatrix (Linn.), Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 516; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxvi, p. 432 (1898) ; Sharpe, Haudl. B., i, p. 237. 



'No. 94, 9 inim. Flying Pish Cove. 



\^Sida piscatrix is very common all round tlie coast. Builds nest 

 of sticks in high trees. Begins to breed about Januaiy, and there 

 are great numbers of young birds in grey plumage in October. — 

 C. W. A.] 



Sub-Order PHAETHONTES. 



19. Phaethon rubricauda. 



Phaetho7% phmxicurus, Gm. : Lister, P.Z.S,, 1888, p. 529. 

 Phaethon ruhricanda, Bodd. : Oo'ilvie Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xxvi, p. 451 

 (1898; ; Sharpe, Haudl. B., i, p. 238 (1899). 



No. 14, ^ ad. ElpngFish Cove, August, 1897. 



^1 ^1 S ^ ^^- I'lying Fish Cove. 



No. 15, $ juv. Flying Fish Cove, August, 1897. 



c, 9 ^^- Fhing Fish Cove, August, 1897. " Taken on nest 

 with JS"©. 15." 



d, $ ad. Flying Fish Cove, March 21, 1898. Taken from nest 

 in hole of cliff. 



[The habits of the white Tropic Bird are much like those of 

 the yellow one, but it seems to nest almost exclusively in holes 

 in the cliffs, and I never saw it flpng among the trees. The 

 colour of the young bird is exactly like that of the other species. — 

 C. W. A.] 



20. Phaethon Mvus. (Plate III.) 



Phaethon Jlavirostris {nee Brandt), Lister, P.Z.S. , 1888, p. 528. 

 Phaethon fidvus, Brandt: Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xxvi, p. 455 (1898). 



IS'o. 38, S a^^- ^lyi^g Fish Cove, August 28, 1897. 

 :N'o. 41, 9 ad. Flpng Fish Cove, August 30, 1897. 

 No. 47, 9 juv. Flying Fish Cove, September 20, 1897. ''Just 

 beginning to fly." 



IS'os. 67, 69,^9 ad. Flying Fish Cove, IS'ovember 19, 1897. 

 No. 68, ^ ad. Flying Fish Cove, November 19, 1897. 

 rt, 5, (J 9 ad. Fhing Fish Cove. December 26, 1897. 



There appears to be no difference in the colour of the sexes, and 

 the orange tint is equally well developed in both the male and 

 female. The 3'oung bird, however, shows no orange in the 

 plumage, but is white, spotted on the head and barred on the back 

 with black ; the inner secondaries with black longitudinal markings 

 of irregular shape on the outer web ; the primaries and a few of 



