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Fregata ariel tunnyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 121, Dec. 19tli, 
1914 : Bedout Island, mid-West Australia. 
Dish \—Tropical Northern Australia and New Zealand. 
Fregata minor (Lesson). 
Dish \—Tropical Seas of the World. 
Fregata minor minor (Gmelin). (26-443.) 
Pelecanus minor Gmelin, Sjst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 572, April 20th, 
1789: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Cf Rothschild, Nov. 
Zool. vol. xxii. p. 145, 1915 ; ex Edwards, pi. 309: no locality= 
Jamaica. (Fig. Math. iv. pi. 229.) 
Fregata minor listeri Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. ii. p. 119, Dec. 19th, 1914 : 
Christmas Island. 
Distr. —Christinas Island (Indian Ocean) to West Australia. 
Fregata minor peninsuloe Mathews. 
Fregata minor peninsula Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xliv. 
p. 15, Nov. 5th, 1923: Raine Island, North Queensland. 
Fregata minor matheicsi Lowe, Nov. Zool. vol. xxxi. p. 309, Oct. 30th, 1924 : 
Raine Island, North Queensland. 
Distr. —Queensland, New Guinea, and north to the Caroline 
and Marshall Islands. 
Fregata minor palmerstoni (Gmelin). 
Pelecanus palmerstoni Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 573, 
April 20th, 1789 : Palmerston Island, Pacific Ocean. 
? Tachypetes chambeyroni Montrouzier, Bull. Soc. Geogr. France, vol. xii. p. 616, 
1876: Huon and Surprise Islands (N.W. of New Caledonia). 
Distr. —Palmerston and Society Islands to New Zealand and 
New Caledonia. 
Fregata minor strum osa Hartert. 
Fregata strumosa Hartert, Kat. Vogels. Mus. Senckenb. p. 235, 1891 : 
Sandwich Island. 
Distr . —Laysan and Sandwich Islands. 
Family PIIAETHONTIM. 
Genus PHAETHON Linne. 
Phaethon Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 134, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type 
(by original designation, Gray, List Gen. Birds, p. 80, 1840) ; 
Phaethon cethereus Linne. 
