O. QARRODIA. 



361 



/'. Ad. sk. [S. Australia.] Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



g'. Ad. at. [S. Australia.] Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



h'. 5 ad. sk. New Caledonia, Juue 21 Seebolim Coll. 



{E. L. Layard). 

 i' . Skeleton. 

 /'. ? Sternum. 



2. Oceanites gracilis. 



Thalassidroma gracilis, Elliot, Ibis, 18.59, p. o91. 



Oceanites gracilis, Coues, Pi: Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 85 ; Rldgiu. Man. N. 



Am. Birds, p. 71 (1887). 

 ? Procellaria oceanica, Schl. Mus. P.-B., vi. Procell. p. 6 (1863) ; Scl. 



P. Z. <S'. 1867, p. 336. 

 Oceanites wilsooi, Giql. Faun. Vert. Oceano, p. 38 (1870) ; id. Viagg. 



^Magenta; pp. 844, 888 (1875). 

 Procellaria gracilis, Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 148 (1873). 

 ? Thalassidroma wilsoni, Coppimjer, Cruise of the ^ Alert,' p. 87 (1883). 



Female. Similar to 0. oceaaicus,h\xi smaller; the middle of the 

 abdomen white ; bill, tarsi, aad toos shorter and more slender. 

 Total length about 5-8 inches, wing 5, tail 2*2, bill 0-65, tarsus 1'05, 

 middle toe 0-85. 



The webs between the toes in this species, as in 0. ocmracus, have 

 a yellow triangular spot, which is more plainly seen from below. 



Hah. West coast of South America. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Iquique, coast of Peru, June H. Berkeley James, 



19, 1890 [A. A. Lane). Esq. [P.]. 



5. GARRODIA. 



Type. 

 Garrodia, Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 735; id. Voy. Chall., 



Zool. \v. pt. xi. p. 56 (1882) G. nereis. 



Hah. Southern Ocean : Falkland Islands, Xew Zealand, &c. 



1. Garrodia nereis. 



Thalassidroma nereis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 178 ; id. op. cit. 1859, 

 p. 98; id. Birds Austr. vii. pi. 64 (1845); id. Ibis, 1859, p. 98; 

 Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. p. 648 (1844) ; id. Ibis, 18G2, p. 245 ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 390; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 104; Hutfo>i, Cat. 

 Birds N. Zeal. p. 47 (1871) ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 249; Buller, Birds 

 N. Zeal p. 322 (1873) ; Finsch, J.f. Orn. 1870, p. 370; id. op. cit. 

 1874, p. 213; Cab. Sr Reich. J.f. Orn. 1876, p. 329. 



Procellaria nereis, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 196 (1856) ; id. Compt. Bend. 

 xlii. p. 769 (1856); Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, pp. 81, 90; Gould, 

 Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 476 (1865) ; Hutfon, Ibis, 1870, p. 396; 

 Gigl. Faun. Vert. Oceana, p. 36 (1870) ; id. Viagg. ' Magenta,' 

 pp. 736, 800 (1875) ; Gray, Hand-l. iii. p. 104 (lS7"l) ; Scl. 4 Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 148 (1873): Coues c\ Kidder, Bull. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. no. 2, p. 31 (1875); Kidder, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus, 

 no. 3, p. 16 (1876) ; Sharpe, Phil. Trans, clxviii. p. 129 (1879). 



Oceanitis nereis, Cab. J.f. Orn. 1875, p. 449. 



Garrodia nereis, Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 735; id. Voy. Chall., Zool. 

 iv. pt. xi. p. 56, &c. (1882) ; Bullei; Birds N. Zeal. ed. 2, ii. p. 247 

 (1888); id. Trans. N. Z. Inst. xxiv. p. 86 (1892); H. O. Forbes, 

 /*!>, 1893, p. 542. 



