LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Gould. Vol. VII., pi. 77 (pt. xxiii.), June 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 3, pi. 227 J une 
23rd, 1915. 
Sula personata Gould, Proc. Zook Soc. (Lond.), 1846, p. 21, May: Raine Island, North Queensland. 
Sula dactylatra bedouti Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 1S9, March 20th, 1913 : Bedout Island, mid- 
Wes t Australia. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia. 
Family FREGATID.E. 
CLXXXIV. Genus FREGATA. 
Fregata LacepMe, Tabl. Ois., p. 15, Dec. 1799. Species added by Daudin, in Hist. Nat. (Buffon) ed. Didot 
Quadr., Vol. XIV., p. 317 [1799=] Oct. 1802. Type (by raonotypy) : Pelecanus aquilus=P. minor Gmelin. 
Tachypetes Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Omith., p. 63, April 14th. 1816. Type (by monotypy): “ Fregate 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 (T \ 
G. R. Gray “-P. minor Gmelin. 
Not Attagen Kaup, Skizz. Entwick-Gesch. Nat. Syst., p. 170 (pref. April) 1829. 
Parvifreoata, nov. Type : Atagen artel Gray. 
204. FREGATA ARIEL. LESSER FRIGATE BIRD. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 72 (pt. xxxv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. TV 7 ., pt. 3, pi. 230 June 
23rd, 1915. 
Atagen ariel Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. III., p. 669, pi. 183 (often 186), Jan. 1845 : Raine Island, North Queensland 
Fregata ariel tunnyi Mathews, Austral Av. Ree., Vol. II., pt. 6, p. 121, Dee. I9th, 1914 : Bedout Island mid-West 
Australia. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia. 
Family PHAETHONTID^E. 
CLXXXV. Genus SC.EOPHAETHON. 
SosBophabthon Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 56, Oct. 23rd, 1913. Tvpe (by original designs- 
tion) : Phaethon rubricauda westralis Mathews. 
Phoenieurus Bonaparte, Comptes Rcndus Acad. SeL Paris, Vol. XLL, p. 1115, (end Dec.) 1855. Tyne• |hv 
monotypy) : P. rubricauda Boddaert. - v j 
Not Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 16, (Dec.) 1817. 
205. SCiEOPHAETHON RUBRICAUDA. RED-TAILED TROPIC BIRD. 
[Phaeton rubricauda Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum., p. 57, (pref. Dec. 1st) 1783 : Mauritius. Extra-lunital.] 
G ° Ul oo pL 73 (pt ’ xxxv -)> ^c. 1st, 1S48. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 3, pi. 231, June 
word, 19lo. 
Ph a oil andi Brandt, Mem. PA cad. Imp. Sci. St. Petereb., Ser. VI., Vol. V., pt. ii., p. 272, 1840: 
Phaethon rubricauda erubesccns Rothschild, Avifauna Laysan, pt, hi., p . 290, Dec. 1900 : Kennadec Islands 
Av - Vo1 - *• -• »• ««■ ^ >•«= i 
Distribution. Queensland, South and West Australia. 
CLXXXVI. Genus LEPTOPHAETHON. 
Lsptophaethon Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 50, Oct. 23rd, 1913. Typo (by original 
designation): Phaethon lepturus dorothece Mathews. \ j t 
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