86 new zealand hird>5. 



Procellakia. 



Bill, not longer than the head ; nasal tubes, united, placed on the top of the bill, open- 

 ing horizontally forwards ; hind toe, reduced to a claw. 

 All parts of the world. 



131. Procellaria parkinsoni. G)-e;i. 



ToA-Kn. 

 Brownish-black ; middle parts of the bill, blui-h-whitc ; legs and feet, black. 

 L., 18; W., 13-75; B, 2 ; T., 21. 



Hffg. — While; lengtli, 285 ; breadth, 2. 



''This species is bv no means iincommon in the Ilauraki Gulf, 

 resorting to the Little Barrier and adjacent islands to breed. Mr. 

 Kirk, the well-known botanist, wlio has earefnlly explored these 

 islands, informs me that he found both this and Gould's Petrel 

 breeding in subterranean burroAvs. He observed that the two birds 

 differed entirely in character — P. (jovhl't being extremely vicious, 

 fighting savagely even with a dog when attacked, whereas P. parkin- 

 soni would allow itself to be seized by the hand in its burrow almost 

 without resistance." — Buller. 



132. Procellaria einerea. Cml. 



BiiOWN Petret.. 

 Above, brownish-cinereous ; below, white; bill, yellow, with a blackish tip; feet, yellow. 

 L., 19; W., 13; B., 18; T., 2-1. 



133. Procellaria glacialoides. Smith. 



Above, prde-ash ; below, white ; quill-fcalhers, with some black near the tips ; bill, 

 pink ; nasnl tube, bluish ; legs, pink ; leet, blue. 

 L., 18 5 ; W., 13 ; B., 2 ; T., 2. 



'' There are several instances recorded of the occurrence of this 

 beautiful Petrel on the New Zealand coast ; and the above description 

 is taken from a fine example which I picked up, in a dying state, on 

 the sea-beach near the mouth of the Turakina River, and afterwards 

 presented to the Colonial IMuscum. 



" The late Sir Andrew Smith, who was the first to discriminate 

 the characters which distinguish this species from Procellaria glacialis, 

 informs us that it is common on the South African coasts, and fre- 

 quently enters the bays ; also that it flies higher above the surface of 

 the water than the last-named bird, and rests more frequently." — 

 Buller. 



134. Procellaria capensis. L. 



Capk I'lOEoy. 

 Head, black ; back, white, spotted with black ; below, while. 

 L., 15 ; W., 10-3 ; B., 1-2 ; T., 1G5. 



" So familiar is the so-called ' Cape Pigeon ' to all who have made 

 a voyage in the southern seas, and so fully has its history been 



