NESTS AND EGGS OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 897 



674.- -Priocella GLACiALoiDES, Smith. — (639) 

 SILVER-GREY PETREL. 



1 igurt-. — GouJ'J : Birds of Australia, fol., vol. vii., pi. 48. 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxv., p. 393. 



Geographical Didrihutvin. — Seas of South Queensland, New South 

 Wales, Victoria, South and West Australia, and Tasmania; also New 

 Zealand and Southern Ocean in general, northward along the west coast 

 of America to Washington Territory. 



2\eit and Eggs. — Undescribed. 



Ohiervntiotn. — The delicately-coloiu-ed Silver-grey Petrel belongs 

 chiefly to southern latitudes. During his passage to and from Australia, 

 Gould obsei'ved numerous examples. One of the first he possessed was 

 captured by a hook and Hne, and afTorded Mrs. Gould an opportunity 

 of making a beautiful drawing from life. 



It is stated that a specimen of this Petrel was obtained on Tristan 

 d'Acunha by Von Willemoes Sulim ; if so, it possibly breeds there. 

 The bird flies as far south as the edge of the pack ice. 



It may be here stated that out of the thirty-eight members of the 

 Great Petrel family on the Australian list, the eggs of seven, including 

 the above, have yet to be described. 



In connection with the avifauna of Kerguelen Island, Dr. Shai-pe 

 wi-ites : " None of the recent expeditions (Transit of Venus, 1874) 

 seemed to have obtained it, but John Munn's narrative states that 

 this species ' was used when yovmg by our party as food, and our supplies 

 were obtained by digging the young birds from the buiTows in the sand 

 or tussock bank on the lee of the S.E. side of the island. Tlie bird was 

 known and eaten bv us under the name of the White Night Hawk.' " 



675. — Mataqueus .equinoctialis, Linnaeus. — (625) 

 F itlmarus coinipinlJafii.t. Gould. 



SPECTACLED PETREL. 



Figure. — Gould : Birds of Australia, fol., vol. vii., pi. 46. 



Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xxv., p. 395. 



Previous Descriptions of Eggs. — .Saunders: Trans. Roy. Soc, vol. 

 clxviii . p. 164 (1878): Kidder and Coues :' Smithsonian 

 Miscell. Coll., vol xiii , p. 13 (1878); Hall: Ibis. p. 22 (igoo). 



Geographical Bifstrihufion. — Seas of New South Wales and Tas- 

 mania ; also Southern Ocean in general ; north, to about 30 deg. south 

 latitude. 

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