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10. Aptenodytes MINOR. Gmel. Syst.i, 55S, 
The Little Peagnin, Latham, 
This bird is common in all parts of the Southern Ocean. 
The above specimen was found at King George the Third’s 
Sound near the south-west extremity, of New Holland. 
There are two specimens in the collection marked 9 a, 
and 9 b. 
11. Tachypetes Aquila. Vieillot. 
Pelecanus Aquila, Gmel. Lin. i. 572. 
Frigate Bird. 
This specimen was obtained at Ascension, and is common 
in all parts of the Atlantic within or near the Tropic. 
12. Sterna fuliginosa. Gmel. Lin. i. 605. Ind. Orn. ii. 
804. 
Egg Bird, Forst. Voy. i. 115. Cook^ Voy. i. 66, 275. 
Noddy, Dampier, iii. pt. i. 99., tab. p. 85. fig. 5. Hawkes- 
worth's Coll, of Voyages, iii. 652. 
Sooty Tern, Gen. Syn. vi. 352. Arc. Zool. ii. No.. 447. 
There are two specimens of this bird in the collection, 
marked 12 a, and 12 b. 
IS. Sterna pelecanoides, (n. s.) 
S. alba ; capitis vertice nigro albo-variegato ; dorso, alis, 
caiidaque danis ; remigibus fusco-atris, rhachibus albis. 
Colli latera parce cano-maculata ; tectrices secundarise pri- 
moribus obscuriores ; remiges fusco'-atrae, pogoniis inter- 
pis fere ad apicem albo-marginatis ; rectrices externae fuscae 
basi apiceque albis ; rostrum subflavum ; pedes nigri. 
Longitude corporis, 19.^ ; alee a carpo ad remigem primam, 
131 j caudas, 6|. ; rostri, ad frontem, 2^, ad rictum, 3^ ; 
tarsi, 11. 
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The hallux, or hind toe, of this bird appears to be more 
closely united to the fore toes, and to be situated more in 
front than is usual among the Terns : it is also to be observed, 
