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IV. NECTRIS Bp. (emend. Forst.) 



Siz moderate ; nnicolor, fuliginous ; feet pale ; bill long, slender, mvicli 

 hooked ; nasal tubes short, fl it, very obliquely truncated ; tail long, rounded ; 

 tarsus about equal to middle toe without claw, (vix nisi colore fuliginoso 

 genere Puffino differre videtur !) 



8. N. FULioiNosr/s Keys, et Bias. 



Puff, fuliginosus, Strickl. et auct. (sed non Proc. fuliginosus, Gra., Lath., 



Vieill., quae species " Thalassio ;" nee Banks, [tab. 19;] nee Kuhl, 



[sp. 12] quae Pterodroma atlantica, Gould.) Puffinus major fcem ! 



Temm. Puff, cinereus fcem ! Gould. 



Bill concolor with plumage; feet brownish black, internal face of tarsus and 



the webs dusky yellowish. Length 18 inches, wing 12, bill 2"00. North 



Atlantic. 



9. N. amaurosoma Coues, nov. sp. 



Bill concolor with plumage ; feet fleshy white, outer side of tarsus and 

 outer toe tinged with dusky ; inferior wing coverts mostly white ; wing 11 

 inches, tail 4-25, bill 1*70. Pacific coast of N. Amer. 



10. N. carneipes Bp. 



Puff- carneipes, Gould. Proc. carneipes, Schlegel. Majaqueus carneipes, 

 Reich. "Puff, cinereus, juv. Smith." " Nectris gama, Bp." 

 Bill fleshy white, eulmen and tips dusky ; legs, feet and membranes yel- 

 lowish flesh color. Length 15 inches ; length of bill, feet, wings, tail, much 

 the same as fuliginosus. Australian seas. 



11. N. TENUIROSTBIS Bp. 



Proc. t'enuirostris, Temm. Puff- tenuirostris, Temm. et Schleg. " P. 



curilicus, P. Iristis, Musseorum." 



Very small ; bill excessively weak and slender; wing 10 inches, tail 3-50, 



bill 1-20, tarsus 1'90. Bill dusky greenish yellow ; feet yellowish ; posterior 



edge of tarsus and under surface of webs blackish. White under wings as 



in amaurosoma. Japan. 



12. N. BREVICAUDUS Bp. 



Puff, brevicaudus, Brandt. Majaqueus brevicaudus, Reich. 

 "Blackish fuliginous, lighter beneath; bill black, yellowish at base ; feet 

 cinereous, webs yellow." (Bp.) " Australian seas." Gould, [species mihi 

 ignota.] 



V. PUFFINUS Briss. 



Moderate and small in size, bicolor, above brown or cinereus, below white. 

 Wings very long and pointed ; tail long, rounded. Feet very large ; tarsus 

 shorter than middle toe and claw ; bill long, rather slender, compressed, 

 hooked; nasal tubes short, flat, obliquely truncated; nasal septum broad, nos- 

 trils oval. 



13. P. Kuhlii Boie. 



Proc. puffinus, Temm., Vieill. [1828] ; et al, auct. Europ. ; sed non Linn., 

 qua? P. anglorum, Ray. Proc. sive Puff, cinereus, Cuv., Temm., Kuhl., 

 Schleg., Degl. et al. auct. Europ. fere omnium; sed non 6m., Lath., 

 Vieill., Lawr. quae Adamastor cinereus, Mihi; nee Aububon et auct. 

 Amer. qua? P. major, Fab. 

 Bill yellow, its nasal tubes more elevated, compressed and vertically trun- 

 cated thau usual in this genus. Above light brownish ash or cinereous, each 

 feather with a lighter margin, nebulatedand undulate I with pure white on sides 

 of head and neck ; posterior upper tail coverts and whole under parts, includ- 

 ing under surfaces of wings and all the under tail coverts, pure white. Tail 

 almost cuneiform ; feet weak and slender, yellowish ; outer toe and claw 

 longer than middle do. North Atlantic Ocean only. 



1864.] 



