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U. 8. P. E. B. EXP. AND SUKYEYS ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



Puffinus, tlie genus Priofinus, Homb. et Jacq., for wliich this species is given as the type, will 

 have priority. It would, therefore, appear to have the best claim to Gmelin's name, which has 

 been more generally applied to P. major, Faber. 



List of specimens. 



