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Genus PELAGODROMA, Eeichenbach. 



PELAGODROMA FREGATA, Linnaeus. 

 White-facedl Storm-Petrel. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust, Vol ii., sp. 649, p. 482. 



An average specimen from a number of eggs of this species 

 taken on Swan Island, near Queen scliff, Victoria, in November 

 1878, measures 1'45 x 1'08 inch ; it is oval in form and pure ■white. 



A specimen taken by Mr. E. D. Atkinson on a small island off 

 the north-west coast of Tasmania, measures 1'35 x 1"07 inch. 



-HflJ. Victoria and South Australia, West and South-West 

 Australia. {Bamsay.) 



Family PELEGANID^. 



Genus PHAETON, Linnceus. 



^ PHAETON RUBRIOAUDA, Bodd. 



(P. phceniourus, Gmelin.) 

 Eed-tailed Tropic Bird. 

 Gould, Homdhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 660, p. 501. IKJSI /• 



This bird ranges over the northern and north-easterti coasts of 

 Australiaj^ the islands of Torres Straits and the south coast of New 

 Guinea. It usually deposits its eggs, two in number, under the 

 shelter of a projecting ledge of rock. Specimens taken on Raine's 

 Islet, lying off the North-eastern coast of Australia, are of a 

 reddish-buff ground colour thickly freckled and spotted all over 

 with reddish-brown markings, but more particularly towards the 

 thicker end, where the markings become confluent and in some 

 instances forming a coalesced patch on the larger apex. Length 

 (A) 2-65 X 1-85 inches ; (B) 2-6 x ^-85 inches. 



Hah. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gape York, Rockingham 

 Bay, New South Wales, South Coast New Guinea. {Bamsay.) 



