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Puffinus assimilis godmani Allen. 



J '+ Above slaty brown ; checks and undcrparts white ; 

 sides of neck with ^^rey subterminal bars ; under tail coverts 

 white, with some brown at sides ; axillaries white ; under wing 

 coverts greyish white, liill black above and at tip, slate colour 

 at sides and below. Legs and feet slaty blue, outer toe and 

 outer side of tarsus black. Wing 175-184 (II.). Tarsus 35-38. 

 Bill 24-27. 



Breeds. — Madeira (Desertas and Porto Santo) ; Salvage 

 Islands, Canary Islands, Azores. Rare visitor to Dritish 

 Coasts. 



The typical form "P. a. assimilis" is Australian. 



P. assimilis boydi Matthews. Differs from ''godmani" 

 through under tail coverts being uniform grey brown. 



Breeds. — Cape de Verde Islands. Has occurred once on 

 English Coasts. 



Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly). Great Shearwater. 



^ 4? Above dark brown with paler tips except on head, 

 which is darker ; tips of long upper tail coverts white ; beneath 

 white, a patch on abdomen and under tail coverts grey brown, 

 axillaries white with brown tips. Bill yellowish green. Inner 

 side of tarsus and inner toes yellowish, outer side of tarsus and 

 outer toe brown. Wing 320-330. Tarsus 58-60. Bill 45-46 (H.). 



Breeds. — Tristan d'Acunha Group. Occurs in N. Atlantic 

 in our summer, from Canaries and Madeira on the east and 

 Newfoundland on west, north to Iceland, Faroes and Greenland. 

 Frequent on British Coasts, especially West. 



Puffinus kuhli kuhli (Boie). It(d. Berta maggiore. 



^ V Above grey brown ; beneath white ; sides of neck 

 mottled with pale grey bars ; primaries white at base on inner 

 web and white extends beyond coverts, the outer row dark brown, 

 liill yellowish horn, with black tip. Legs and feet pale reddish 

 tlesh, outer side of outer toe and webs brownish. N\ inj^ 335-365 

 (II.). Tarsus 50-5S. Bill 45-53. 



Resident in Mediterranean from Ciibr.ihar lo Asia Minor, 

 Adriatic and Bosphorus. Rare on N. Fgy[)tian Coast, lias 

 occurred once in England. 



