GREATEE FRIGATE BIRD. 
It will be seen I retain listen, but if Mr. Rothschild’s view be 
accepted (I can see no reason for doing so) then this would become minor, 
and rothscJiildi would replace minor, F. minor palmerstoni is here used to 
cover strumosa Hartert, but that is only a tentative usage. 
It is very gratifying to find that Mr. Rothschild’s review has left 
practically unaltered my own conclusions. 
I would, however, point out that I do not lay as much stress upon 
the wing coloration as Mr. Rothschild appears to do, especially as the bar is 
seen to vanish in the West Indian Ocean birds, and I believe it decreases as 
the bird grows older, being more prominent in the immature. 
I will deal with his remarks re F. ariel under the next species. 
