232 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Genus ^strelata Bp. 



^strelata Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, II, p. iS8, 1856. 



^strelata jamaicensis (Bancr.). 



Procellaria ja}naicensis Bancr. Zool. Journ. V, p. 81 (182S). 



'■'■ CEstrelata caribcea AucT." 



Blue Moutitain Duck Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 437 (1847). 



Pterodroma caribbcsa Carte, P. Z. S. 1S66, p. 93, pi. X. 



Petrodroma caribbceus Gv^w, Handl, Bds. Ill, p. 107 (1871). 



CEstrelata jamaicensis A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 117 (1S81). — 



Bd. Bwr. & RiDGw. Hist. N. Am. W. Bds. II, p. 394 (1S84).— Cory, 



List. Bds. W I. p. 34 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage dark sooty brown, paling slightly 

 on the chin, forehead and upper part of the back, joining the neck; 

 rump brownish black; upper tail-coverts dull white; quills and tail 

 brownish black ; bill and feet black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 14.00; wing, 11.00: tail, 4.75; tarsus, 1.40; bill, 1.2510 

 1.50. 



Habitat. Jamaica. 



iEstrelata hasitata (Kuhl). 



Procellaria hasitata "Kuhl, Mon. Proc. Beitr. Zool. p. 142, No. 11 (1820).' 

 ? Procellaria diabolica L'Herminier, MSS. — Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. 1879, P- 450 (Gaudeloupe). 

 CEstrelata hcsitata Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw, Hist. N. Am. W. Bds. II, pp. 



394-395 (1884) (Haiti).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 34 (1S85). 



It is probable that this bird is occasionally to be found in the 

 West Indies. One specimen, claimed to have been taken near 

 Haiti, is now in the British Museum. 



Genus Puffinus Briss. 

 Puffinus Brisson, Orn. VI, p. 131, 1760. 



Puffinus major Faber. 



Puffinus major Faber, Prodr. Isl. Orn. p. 56 (1822). — Cory, Bds. Bahama 

 L p. 21S (18S0).— z^. List Bds. W. I. p. 34 (1885). 



Recorded from the Bahama Islands. 



Puffinus auduboni Finsch. 



Pufinus obscurus Bryant. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 132 (1859; 

 (Bahamas). — ScL. P Z. S. 1879, p. 765 (Montserrat). — Cory, Bds. 



