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Family PHAETHONIDiE. 

 Phaethon setherius. Red-billed Tropic-bibd. 



Phaethon setherius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 134 : 

 Ascension Island. 



Phaethon istherius Linn. ; Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 

 1898, p. 457 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 366. 



An example is said to have been found dead at Cradley, 

 near Malvern, about 1854. 



This Tropic-bird inhabits the tropical portions o£ the 

 Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It has wandered as far north, 

 as the Newfoundland Banks. 



Family ANHINGID^. 

 Anhinga anhinga. The American Darter. 



PlotUS anhinga Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 218 : Brazil. 



Plotus anhinga Linn. ; Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 

 1898, p. 419 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 364. 



One example is said to have been shot near Poole, Dorset- 

 shire, June 1851. 



The Darter inhabits tropical America from Florida and^ 

 Texas to Brazil. 



Order ANSERIFORMES. 



Family ANATIDiE. 



Cygnus immutabilis. Polish Swan. 



Cygnus immutabilis Yarrell, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838,. 



p. 19. 



Cygnus immutabilis Yarrell; B. O. TT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 120 ;. 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 418. ' 



The Polish Swan is now generally admitted to be a 



