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PALMERSTONE FRIGATE-BIRD. 



; (Fregata Palmerstonis.) 



Fr. corf ore fusco viridi nitente subtus albo,jugulo albo nigroque 



vario, abdomine albo, crisso nigro. 

 Frigate-bird with the body brown glossed with green, beneath 



white, the jugulum varied with black and white, the abdomen 



white, the vent black. 

 Pelecanus Palmerstonis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 573. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 886. 

 Palmerstone Frigate Pelican. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 592. Lath. 



Gen. Hist. x. 414. 



Length three feet : beak black : space round the 

 eyes feathered : the upper part of the head, neck, 

 and body brown, glossed with greenish : wing-coverts 

 nearest the body dark glossy green : fore part of the 

 neck mottled with white and brown : the rest of the 

 under parts white : vent black : tail forked, the shafts 

 of the feathers white : the legs dusky black : the 

 middle claw serrated in the inside. Inhabits Palmer- 

 stone Island, in the South Sea. Probably a variety 

 or sex of the preceding. 



