372 PUFP1NIDJ2. 



lateral rectrices 3-5 ; bill 2-6, tarsus 2, middle toe 2-35, outer toe 2-3, 

 inner toe 2. 



Hah. New Zealand. 



a. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(One of the types of the species.) 



4. PufiBnus chlororhynchus. 



Puffinus chlororhynchus, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 612 (1831) ; Gray, 



Gen. Birds, iii. p. 647 (1844) ; id. Ibis, 1862, p. 244; id. Hand-l. 



iii. p. 103 (1871) ; Puck. Rev. Zuol. 1850, p. 633 ; E. Neicton, Ibis, 



1861, p. 181, 1867, p. 359; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 369 (1877); 



S/iarpe, Phil. Tram, clxviii. p. 467 (1879) ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. 



p. 1054 (1880); Oates, Handb. Birds Burma, ii. "p. 439 (1883); 



Mibie-Edw. ^- Grand. Hist. Madag., Ois. p. 680, pis. 297,298 (1885); 



Bidgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 62 (1887); Salv. Ibis, 1888, p. 352; 



Puller, Birds N. Zeal. ed. 2, ii. p. 235 (1888) ; Cheesema7i, Tr. 



N. Zeal. Inst, xxiii. p. 226 (1891) ; Lister, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 300 ; 



Wiqlesworth, Abh. k. Zool. Mus. Dresden, 1892, no. 6, p. 80; 



Hutton, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 749 ; BttUer, Tr. N. Zeal. Inst, xxvii. 



p. 125(1895). 

 Puffinus sphenurus, Gould, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 365 (1844) ; 



id. Birds Aitstr. vii. pi. 58 (1848) ; Gray, Cat .Birds N. Guin. p. (33 



(1869) ; id. Hand-l. iii. p. 103 (1871) ; Finsc-h &,• Hartl. Orn. 



Centralpol. p. 245 (1867) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 465 (1882) ; id. 



op. cit. ISvjjpl. p. 213 (1891) ; Pleske, Bull. Ac. Pitersb. xxix.p. 5.39 



(1884) ; C'rmcfoot, Ibis, 1885, p. 268 ; liidi/w. Man. N. Am. Birds, 



p. 62 (1887). 

 Le Petrel chlororhynque, Jacy. Sf Puch. Toy. Pole Sud, iii. p. 138 (1853). 

 Nectris gama, Bp. Chmsp. Av. ii. p. 202 (1856). 

 Thiellus chlororhynchus, Bp. Covtpt. Rend. xlii. p. 769 (1856) ; id. 



C'onsp.Av. ii. p. 201 (1856) ; Coties, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, pp. 123, 142. 

 Thiellus sphenurus, Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 769 (1856) ; id. Consp. 



Av. ii. p. 201 (1856) ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, pp. 122, 142 ; 



Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 466 (1865). 

 Majaqueus sphenurus, Rosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 256 



(1863). 

 Procellaria sphenura, Schl. Mm. P.-B.,\i. Procell. p. 25 (1863). 

 Procellaria chororhyncha, Schl. Mus. P.-B., \i. Procell. p. 25 (1863). 



Puffinus ?, Lcgge, Stray F. iii. p. 374 (1875). 



Puffinus carneipes, Cheeseman, Trans. N. Z. Inst, xxiii. p. 226 (1891) 



{apud Hutton). 



Adult male. Sooty- brown, the crown, bind neck, and wings darker ; 

 forehead and throat paler and greyer ; entire under plumage, in- 

 cluding under wing-coverts, paler sootA'-brown : bill flesh-colour, the 

 tip dark ; tarsi and toes flesh-colour, the outer toe darker, especi- 

 ally at the joints of the phalanges. Total length about 17 inches, 

 wing 1 1"6 ; tail, central rectrices 5, lateral rectrices 3*35 ; tarsus 1-8, 

 middle and outer toes 2-25, inner toe 1-9. 



Female like the male. 



Hah. Indian Ocean, Australian and New Zealand Seas, and 

 northwards to the Society Islands, Central Pacific. 



a. Ad. sk. Praslin, Seychelles. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. (S juv. sk. Bird Island, Seychelles, March Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



(Dr. Ciipi'inger). 



