PETRELS 493 



Africa and Australia. It is reported that the 

 Antarctic expedition under Mr. Borchgrevink found 

 this petrel breeding in Victoria Land. If so, this is 

 the farthest point south at which any species of 

 Australian bird has been found nesting. See Camp- 

 bell, "Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds," 1901, 

 vol. ii. p. 870. 



BULWER'S PETREL. ProceUaria hidiveri, Jardine. 

 Length, 11 in.; bill, 1-2 in.; wing, 7*7 in.; tarsus, 

 1 in. 

 Hah. Madeira and adjacent islands. 



One found dead on the Ure at Tanfield, Yorkshire, 

 May 8, 1837 : Gould, " Birds of Europe," pt. xxii. fig. ; 

 Yarrell, " Hist. Brit. Birds," :3rd ed., vol. iii. p. 6G4. In 

 the York Museum. 



Obs. The solitary specimen on which depends 

 the claim of this species to rank as a rare straggler 

 to the British Islands happens to have a satisfactory 

 pedigree. Lost sight of for fifty years, it was res- 

 cued from oblivion in 1887 through the efforts of 

 Mr. Eagle Clarke, and was then placed in the 

 Museum at York. On exhibiting it at a meeting of 

 the Zoological Society in Nov. 1887, Prof. Newton 

 took occasion to relate its history, and his re- 

 marks on the subject have been reproduced in The 

 Zoologist for 1888, p. 230. 



FRIGATE PETREL. Pelagodroma marina (Latham). 

 Length, 8 in. ; bill, 0-9 in. ; wing, 5*8 in. ; tarsus, 

 1-6 in. 



Hah. An extensive range in the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere. The most northerly point reached prior to 1890 



