NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



ORDER— TUBINARES: TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY— PROCELLARIID.E : PETRELS. 

 Sub-family— OcEANiTiN.-E : Storm Petrels. 



Yellow-webbed Storm Petrel {Oieaiiiles oceanicm) .. 

 Grey. backed Storm Petrel iGanodia nereis) 

 White-faced Storm Petrel {Pelagoilioma marina) 

 Black-bellied Storm Petrel (Cymodroma melanogasterj 

 White-bellied Storm Petrel {Cymodroma grallaria) . . 



FAMILY— PUFFINID/E :— PETRELS, &c. 

 Sub-family — Pdffinin.^. 



Wedge-tailed Petrel (Piiffinus chlororhyncUiis 



Allied Petrel (Puffinus assimilis) .. 



Fleshy-footed Petrel (Puffinus eariieifes) 



Short-tailed Petrel (Mutton Bird) {Puffinus tenuirmtri 



White-fronted Petrel {Puffinus leueomelas) 



Sombre Petrel (Puffinus griseus) .. 



Forster Petrel (Puffinus gavia) 



Brown Petrel (Priofinus cinereus) .. 



Siher-grey Petrel (Priocella glacialoides) 



Spectacled Petrel (Majaqueus rsquinoetialis) 



Black Petrel (Majaqueus parUinsoni) 



Great-winged Petrel (CEstretata macroptera) 



White-headed Petrel iCEstrelata lessoni) 



Soft-plumaged Petrel (CEstrelata mollis) 



Brown. headed Petrel (OisUelata solandri) 



White-winged Petrel {CEstrelata leucoptera) . . 



Cook Petrel (CEstrelata gooki) 



Sub-family — Fulmarin.^ ; Fulmars. 

 Giant Petrel (Ossifraga gigantia) .. 

 Cape Petrel (Daplion ciipensis) 

 Blue Petrel (Halobana carulea) 

 Broad-billed Dove Petrel or Prion (Prion vittatus) 

 Banks Dove Petrel or Prion (Prion hanksi) . . 

 Dove Petrel or Prion (Prion desolatus) . . 

 Fairy Dove Petrel or Prion (Prion ariel) . . 



FAMILY'- PELECANOIDIDjE. 



Diving Petrel (Pclicanoides urinatrix) .. 



FAMILY -DIOMEDEIDiE : ALBATROSSES. 

 Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) .. 

 Short-tailed Albatross {Diomedea albatrus) 

 Black-browed Albatross {Diomedea melanophrys) 

 White-capped Albatross (Thalassogeron cautus).. 

 Flat-billed Albatross ' Thalassogeron culminatus) 

 Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassogeron chlororliynehus) 

 Sooty Albatross (Phcebetria fuUginosa) 



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ORDER— PTALATE.E. 



FAMILY'— IBIDID.E; IBISES. 

 White Ibis (Ibis Molucca) 

 Straw-necked Ibis (Carphibis spinicollis) . . 

 Glossy Ibis (Piegadis fakinellus) 



FAMILY— PL.ATALEID^ : SPOONBILLS. 



Black-billed Spoonbill (Platalea regia) 

 Yellow-legged Spoonbill (Platilns Jlavipes) 



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