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Phaëthon æthereus Linnaeus. (Type loc.: Ascension Id.)
Society Ids.: Latham; Peale.
Tahaa: Bennett.
?Phaëthon lepturus Daudin. (Type loc.: Mauritius.)
Tahiti: Nicoll--saw it at a distance, flying over
"forest-covered peaks."
SULIDAE.
Sula leucogatra plotus (Forster). (Type loc.: near N.
Caledonia.)
Bellingshausen: Peale.
Maitea or Mehetia: Townsend.
Sula piscator (Linnaeus). (Type loc.: China Seas.)
Society Ids.: Forster.
Bellingshausen: Peale.
Tahaa: Bennett.
FREGATIDAE.
Fregata ariel ariel (Gray). Lesser Frigate Bird.
Huaheine: Wodehouse.
Fregata, species.
Tahaa: Bennett.
Breeding at the time of Bennett's visit. This observer did
not distinguish between the species of Frigate birds, and this
reference may belong under the preceding species.
?BUTEONIDAE.
Townsend says he saw a "hawk" on Tahiti, where it had been
= Circus