648 THE BIRDS OF LORD HOWE AND NORFOLK ISLANDS, 



the months of July and August. On the 28th October, 1908, I 

 visited the Redstone, one of the latter islets, and found the 

 shallow nesting holes of this Petrel deserted, although one 

 recently dead young bird was lying in a hole. No doubt this 

 was a late hatched bird, abandoned by its parents at the time of 

 the general migration. The Wedge-tailed Petrels were arriving 

 at the date of my visit, and had commenced to dig out their 

 burrows. 



The Allied Petrel lays a single egg on the sand in a shallow 

 burrow, or under an overhanging rock. It is pure white, rather 

 graceful in shape, and inclined to be pointed at the ends. 

 Dimensions of two specimens presented to me by Dr. Metcalfe : 

 (a)2-04x 1-38, taken 25th July, 1901); (6)1-94 x l-4(taken 23rd 

 July, 1892). 



82(M). ll.PuFFiNUS GRiSEUs GmcHn. 



Sombre Petrel; Ghost Bird(N.I.). 



Puffinus S2')henurus, Crowfoot, p. 268. 



Hah. — Norfolk Island. (Australian Seas, Atlantic Ocean, 

 Pacific Ocean). 



This bird breeds extensively on the high land about Anson 

 Bay, Norfolk Island, in the vicinity of the Cable Station. The 

 local name of this bird is derived from its weird and mournful 

 cry. I have eggs of this species taken by Master Jack Jacobs, 

 during December, 1908, in this locality. Dimensions : {a) 

 2-58 X 1-78; (6)2-6 X 1-6. 



84(M). 12. Puffinus tenuirostris Temminck. 



Short-tailed Petrel (Mutton Bird); Mutton Biid(L.H.I.) 

 Nectris brevicaudus Brandt, Ramsay, p.38; North, 'Nests and 



Eggs,'p.378; North, 'Lord Howe Island,' p.47; Etheridge, 'Lord 



Howe Island,' p. 14. 



liab. — Lord Howe Island. (Australian Seas, Pacific Ocean, 



New Zealand, N. to Japan). 



This Petrel, the " Mutton Bird " of Tasmania, breeds in large 



numbers on Lord Howe Island, its chief " rookery " being in the 



sandy soil of the eastern side of the Island. There is a beautiful 



