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SULA LEUCOGASTRA, Bodd. 
(S. fiber, Linnaeus.) 
Brown Gannet. 
Gould, Handblc. Bds. Aust., Yol. ii., sp. 663, p. 507. 
The members of the “ Chevert Expedition ” (fitted out by the 
Hon. Win. Macleay), found this bird breeding in great numbers 
on Bramble Cay, during 1875. 
The nests were built upon the ground and consisted of a 
few dried sticks and grasses, and were placed so close together, 
that it was difficult to walk without treading upon them, most of 
them contained two eggs of a bluish-white colour thickly coated 
witli lime, which in some parts is scratched off evidently by the 
feet of the bird, revealing the true colour of the shell; they are 
oval in form and vary considerably in size. Two eggs in the 
Australian Museum Collection measure as follows:—length (A) 
2-33 x 1-42 inches ; (B) 2-45 x T65 inches. 
Specimens in the Macleay an Museum Collection give the 
following measurements :—length (A) 2-35 x 1-48 inches ; (B) 2‘4 
x T45 inches. 
I lab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, 
Cape York, South Coast New Guinea. (Ramsay.) 
Genus TACIIYPETES, Vieillot. 
TACHYPETES MINOR, Gindin. 
Small Frigate-Bird. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 659, p. 499. 
This bird is found breeding in colonies on the islands of Torres 
Straits; the nest is composed of sticks and twigs, and placed 
on the ground or in low bushes, the eggs are one or two in number 
for a sitting, of a chalky-white colour. An average specimen 
in the Australian Museum Collection, taken on Raine’s Islet, by 
Mr. Macgillivray, measures 2'5 inches in length by 1‘7 inchin 
breadth. 
