LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 77 (pt. xxiii.), June 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 3, pi. 227, June 
23rd, 1915. 1 
Sula personata Gould, Proc. Zool, Soc. (Lond.), 1846, p. 21, May : Raine Island, North Queensland. 
Sula dactylatra bedouti Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I„ pt. 8, p. 189, March 20th, 1913 : Bedout Island, mid- 
west Australia. 
Distribution'. Tropical Northern Australia. 
Family FREGATIDiE. 
CLXXXIV. Genus F REG AT A. 
Fregata Lacepede, Tabl. Qis., p. 15, Dec. 1799. Species added by Daudin, in Hist. Nat. (Buffon), ed. Didot, 
Quadr., Vol. XIV., p. 317 [1799 = ] Oct. 1802. Type (by monotypy) : Pelecanus aquilus—P . minor Gmelin. 
Tachypet.es Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith., p.'63, April 14th, 1816. Type (by monotypy) : “ Pregate Buff. ” = 
Pelecanus minor Gmelin. 
Aquilus Bronn, Zur angewandten Naturg. u. Phys., p. 159, 1824. Nomen nudum, based on " Fregatt-vogel.” 
Atagen Gray, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 101, Sept. 1841. Type (by original designation) : “ A. aquilla (L.) 
G. R. Gray ”=P. minor Gmelin. 
Not Attagen Kaup, Skizz. Entwick-Gesch. Nat. Syst., p. 170 (pref. April) 1829. 
Parvifregata, nov. Type : Atagen ariel Gray. 
204. FREGATA ARIEL. LESSER FRIGATE BIRD. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 72 (pt. xxxv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 3, pi. 230, June 
23rd, 1915. 
Atagen ariel Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. III., p. 669, pi. 183 (often 185), Jan. 1845 : Raine Island, North Queensland. 
Fregata ariel tunnyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 6, p. 121, Dec. 19th, 1914 : Bedout Island, mid-West 
Australia. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia. 
Family PHAETHONTIDtE. 
CLXXXV. Genus S C MOP HA ETHON. 
Scaeophaethon Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 56, Oct. 23rd, 1913. Type (by original designa- 
tion) : Phaethon rubricauda westralis Mathews. 
Phcenicurus Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XLL, p. 1115, (end Dec.) 1855. Type : (by 
monotypy) : P. rubricauda Boddaert. 
Not Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 16, (Dec.) 1817. 
205. SGA20PHAETHQN RUBRICAUDA. RED-TAILED TROPIC BIRD. 
[ Phaeton rubricauda Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum., p. 57, (pref. Dee. 1st) 1783 : Mauritius. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 73 (pt. xxxv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 3, pi. 231, June 
23rd, 1915. 
Phaethon novsehollandise Brandt, Mem. l'Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., Ser. VI., Vol. V., pt. ii., p. 272, 1840 : 
Lord Howe Island. 
Phaethon rubricauda erubescens Rothschild, Avifauna Laysan, pt. iii., p. 296, Dec. 1900 : Kermadec Islands. 
Phaethon rubricauda westralis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 88, Sept. 18th, 1912 : [Rottnest Islandl 
=Houtman's Abrolhos, West Australia. 
Distribution. Queensland, South and West Australia. 
CLXXXVI. Genus LEPTOPHAETHON. 
Leptophaethon Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 56, Oct. 23rd, 1913. Type (by original 
designation) : Phaethon lepturus dorothece Mathews. 
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