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THALASSIDROMID-dS. 
Pelagodroma marina maoriana Mathews. 
Pelagodroma marina maoriana Mathews, Birds Austr. voJ. ii. p. 24, 
May 30th, 1012 : Chatham Islands. 
IHstr .—New Zealand, Chatham Island Seas (breeding), Auck¬ 
land Island. 
Pelagodroma marina passerina (Mathews). 
Procellaria passerina Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. ii. p. 24, May 30th, 
1012: Kermadec Islands (ex Solander MS.). 
Distr. —Kermadec Islands’ Seas. 
Genus NESOFREGETTA Math. 
Nesofregetta Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. ii. p. 31, 1912. Type (by 
original designation) : Fregetta mcestissima Salvin. 
ty. Murphy, Amor. Mus. Novit. No. 124, p. 11, 1924 (foot, fig. p. 12). 
Nesofregetta amphitrite (Jardine). (25-367.) 
? Fregetta amphitrite Jardine, Mem. Sot*. Imp. Sci. Cherboimg, vol. vi. 
1858, p. 172, 1850: Marquesas Island. (Fig. Godman, Monogr 
pi. 19.) 
Pwcellaria albigtdaris Fiiisch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877, p. 722 : Kandavu 
Fiji Islands. 
Distr .—Fiji Islands, New Hebrides, Phoenix Islands. 
Nesofregetta mcestissima (Salvin). (25-367.) 
Fregetta mcestusima Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1870, p. 130: 
Samoan Islands. (Fig. Godman, Monogr. pi. 20.) 
Distr .—Samoan Islands. 
Genus FREGETTA Bp. 
Fregetta Bonaparte, Comptes Kendus Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xli. 
p. 1113, Dec. 31st, 1855. Type (by original designation) : Dialas - 
sidroma leu cog aster Gould. 
Fregetta tropica (Gould). 
Distr .—Mid ami South Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. 
[Fregetta tropica tropica Gould. (25-364.) 
Thalassidroma tropica Gould, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xiii. p. 366, 
May 1st, 1844: Atlantic Ocean. Extra-limi tab] (Fig. Gould,' 
Austr. vii. pi. 62; Math. pi. 71; Godman, Monogr. pi. 17* 
Emu, xxii. pis. 26 & 20.) 
Distr .—Southern Atlantic 0< ean, breeding on Ascension 
Islands (?). 
