BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 



ph^thontim;. 



Genus : PHJETHON. Linn. 

 PHAlTHOX: LINNMUS, SYST. NAT., 1756. — SYST. NAT., /. /. 134, 1758. 



- PH^ETHON FLAVIROSTRIS. Brandt. 



Lepturus candidus. Briss., Orn., VI. p. 485 (1760). 



Phcston candidus. Gray, Gen. Bds., p. 183 (1847). 



Phceton cethereus. Bodd., Tabl. P. E., p. 22 (1783). — Bp., Syn., 

 No. 361 (1828).— Nutt, Man., II. p. 503 (1834). — Aud., Bds. 

 Am., VII. p. 64, pi. 427 (1844). 



Pheethon flavirostris. Brandt., Bull. Soc. Acad. St. Petersb., II. 

 p. 349 (1837). — Scl., P. Z. S., 1856, p. 144. — Lawr., in Baird's 

 Bds. N. Am., p. 885 (1858). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 204 

 (1880). — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., No. 763 (1882).— Bd., 

 Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. Am. W. Bds., II. P . 186 (1884). 



Phaton flavirostis. Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VII. p. 1 28 

 (1S59); XI. p. 98 (1866). — Gundl., Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., 

 Tomo VII. p. 419 (1878). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Bill, pale orange-yellow; general plumage, 

 white, sometimes slightly rosy tinted ; most of primaries showing 

 much black, a streak passing through the eye ; some of the wing 



