oedee steganopodes. 59 



[Genus PELAGODROMA Reichenbach. 



Pelagodroma Reichenbach, Syst. Avium, 1852, iv. Type, by orig. 

 desig., Procellaria marina Latham. 



Pelagodroma marina (Latham). White-faced Petrel. [111.] 



Procellaria marina Latham, Index Orn., II, 1790, 826. (37° S. lat.) 



Range. — Southern oceans, north to the Canaries; accidental off 

 Massachusetts and Great Britain.] 



Order STEGANOPODES. Totipalmate 

 Swimmers. 



Family PHAETHONTID.ffi. Teopic-birds. 

 Genus PHAETHON Linn^us. 



Phaethon LinNjBus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 134. Type, by subs, 

 desig., Phaethon cethereus Linn^us (Gray, 1840). 



Phaethon americtous Grant. Yellow-billed Tropic-bird. [112.] 



Phaeton americanus Grant, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, VII, Dec, 1897, xxiv. 

 (Bermuda and the West Indies.) 



Range. — Florida and Bermuda south to West Indies and Atlantic 

 coast of Central America; accidental in western New York, Nova 

 Scotia, and Arizona. 



Phaethon sethgreus Linn^us. Red-billed Tropic-bird. [113.] 



Phaethon cethereus LinnjETTs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 134. (Ascencion 

 Island, South Atlantic.) 



Range. — Coasts of tropical America. Breeds in Lesser Antilles, 

 and from San Pedro Martir Island, Gulf of California, south to coast 

 of Peru; ranges north to Cape Colnett, Lower California; casual in 

 Greater Antilles; accidental on Newfoundland Banks. 



