BY A. F. BASSET HULL. 



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With every possible deference to the authorities who have 

 merged GE. phillipii into CE. nfiglecta, and to the identification of 

 the Lord Howe Petrel by Mr. North, I am of opinion that the 

 birds represent four distinct species. Further information as 

 to the description and habits of CE. neglecta may be anticipated 

 from the investigations of Messrs. T. Iredale and party, who 

 spent nearly the whole year 1908 on the Kermadecs. I have 

 several eggs of the two Kermadec Island species, presented to 

 me by Mr. Iredale, the dimensions of which are as follows : — 

 (E. neglecta (Sunday Island): (a)2-45 x 1-67; (6)2-44 x 1-78; (c) 

 2-6x1-85 (5th Nov., 1908). CE. neglecta, var. (Meyer Island): 

 (a)2-48 X l-62;(6)2-47 x 1-86 (24th April, 1908). 



The following table shows the marked dissimilarity in the four 

 birds, their habits, and the dimensions of their eggs : — 



105(M), 15. Prion dksolatus Gmelin. 



Dove-like Prion. 



Prion tnrtur Smith, Ramsay, p. 3 8. 



Hah. — Lord Howe Island. (Australian Seas, Antarctic Seas, 

 S. Atlantic Ocean). 



Mr. H. Wilson, of Lord Howe Island, informed me that he 

 had occasionally found dead birds of this species on the cliffs of 

 the main Island, and one was found in a dying condition on the 

 Admiralty Islet. He has never found it breeding. 



