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Upper surface grey, with the apex of each feather nar- 

 rowly luargincd, as well as the bases, white ; oblong spot 

 through each eye ; wing-coverts, secondaries and quills 

 brownish black, with the basal portion of the inner webs 

 of the two last white ; front, cheeks, under wing-coverts 

 and the whole of the under part white ; bill black ; tarsi 

 and knees brownish yellow ; toes black, with the interme- 

 diate webs yellow. 



Length, 12i inches; bill from gape, 1 inch 7 lines, depth 

 in middle, -SMines; wings, 9| inches; tarsi, 1 inch 2 lines. 



The bill is longer and more slender than that of Procel- 

 laria relax. The natives are acquainted with this bird by 

 the name of E-titi. 



Procellaria gavia. 



Procellaria gavia, Forst. Desc. Anitn. p. 148. 



Bluish black ; fore part of neck, breast, abdomen, under 

 tail-coverts and under wing-coverts pure white; bill bluish 

 black. 



Length ? bill from gape, 2 inches. 



" Habitat ad iEstuarium Reginae Charlottae, gregaria, 

 urinatur, in scopulis nidificat." Forsfer. 



Prion vittatus. 



Procellaria vittata, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 21. Icon, in- 

 ed. 87. 



Broad-billed Petrel, Lath. Syn. vi. 411. 



Procellaria Forsteri, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 827. 



Procellaria latirostris, Bonn. Ency. Meth. 



Prion Forsteri, Steph. Jard. S^ Selby's III. Orn. pi. 47. 

 Gould, B. of A list r. pi. 



Blue grey ; smaller wing-coverts, a band on the middle 

 of the wing, and scapulars, blackish blue ; quills, tips of 

 the middle tail-feathers and streak through the eyes, black ; 

 before and a streak over the eyes, cheeks and beneath the 

 body entirely white. 



Length, 12 inches ; bill from gape, 1 inch 7 lines; wings 

 7 inches ; tarsi, I5- inch. 



" Habitat Tropico Capricorni in Circulum Autarcticum 

 usque, volant celerrime. Nidos habent in cuniculis sub 

 saxis et radicibus arborum in rupibus Noveb Zeelandite. 

 Parentes mane relinquunt pullos et tota die cibum sibi et 

 pullis in mari ex piscibus et vennibus coUigunt, noctu vel 

 vesjjeri redeunt gregatim ad pullos (nam multa earum mil- 

 lia simul redeuntia vidi) et turn cibum evomunt in ora pul- 

 lorum ; ante diluculum tantum clamorem faciunt, ubi in 

 cuniculis degunt, ut nescias unde is oriatur, et ut vix pro- 

 pe te loquentem exaudire possis ; ipso diluculo mare repe- 

 tunt gregatim, et turn toto mari .sparsaj indesinenter horsum 

 vorsum volitando videntur." Forster. 



Subfamily, Diomedeince. 



DiOMEDEA EXULANS. 



Diomedea exulans, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 214. For.'it. Desc. 

 Anim. p. 27, et Icon. ined. 99. 



Diomedea spadicea, Gniel. 



White, more or less waved with black ; wings black, oc- 

 casionally mottled with white. 



Young. Dark chocolate brown ; face and throat white. 

 Length, 4 feet ; bill from ga])e, Q^ inches ; wings, 2 feet 

 3 inches ; tarsi, 4^ inches. 



Family, Larid.e. 

 Subfamily, Larincc. 



I/ESTRIS ANTARCTICUS. 



Lestris antarcticus, Less. Tr. d' Orn. 616. 



Lestris catarractes, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de V Uranie, 

 Ois. t. 38. 



Brownish black ; the head, neck and beneath the body 

 brownish grey, with some of the margins brownish white ; 

 feathers of the sides and hind part of the neck with yel- 

 lowish white streaks ; base of the quills white ; bill and 

 feet black. 



Length, 2 feet 2 inches; bill from gape 2f inches; wings 

 1 foot 3j inches ; tarsi, 2|^ inches. 



The Expedition procured specimens of this bird off 

 Campbell Island. 



Lards dominicanus. 



Lams fuscus, Linn. Dieff. Trav. N. Z. App. p. 200. 



Larus littoreus, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 46. 



Larus dominicanus, Licht. Cat. Diipl. Berl. Mus. 



White ; back bluish black ; quills black, with the lips 

 white, and the first quill with a white spot near the tip ; 

 the scapulars, tertials and secondaries broadly tipped with 

 white ; bill yellow, with the gonys red. 



Length, 25 inches ; bill from gape, 2j inches ; wings, 1 

 foot 4g- inches ; tarsi, 2 inches. 



These birds, says Mr. P. Earl, are very numerous at the 

 whaling stations ; in such numbers were they seen on the 

 carcase of a whale, after the blubber was taken off, that not 

 a spot remained visible of the animal. They are known to 

 the natives by the name of Karoro. They have also been 

 obtained at Mount Egmont and Auckland Island. 



Larus nov^ Hollandi.e. 



Larus scopulinus, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 106. Icon, 

 ined. 109. 



Crimson-billed Gull, Lath. Hist. Birds. 



Larus nova; Hollandia;, Steph. Gen. Zool. 



Larus Jamesoni, JVils. III. 0/ Zool. pi. 23. 



Head, neck, uropygium, tail and under surface, white ; 

 back and wings pale silvery grey, the latter exteriorly mar- 

 gined with white ; quills black, the first and second with a 

 large spot of white near the tip of each, most of the basal 

 parts and tips of the others white or grey, the former mar- 

 gined interiorly with black ; bill and legs crimson. 



Length, 1 foot 5 inches; bill from gape, 2 inches; wings, 

 12j inches; tarsi, 1 inch 11 lines. 



Young. Front, nape, uropygium, tail and beneath the 

 body white ; the tail with an irregular band near the tip ; 

 back, scapulars, and some of the wing-coverts varied with 

 irregular brown marks; back and wings more or less grey; 

 quills the same as those of the adult, but the white spots 

 of the fii'st and second quills are smaller ; bill and legs pale 

 brown, and the tip of former black. 



