39-i 



PUFFINID.E. 



Phil. Trans, clxviii. p. 123 (1879) ; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 11 ; id 



ed. Lm/ard's Birds S. Afr. p. 767 (1884). 

 Thalassoica polaris, Bj). Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 768 (1856). 

 Procellaria smithi, Sclil. Mus. P.-B., vi. Procell. p. 22 (1863) ; 



Finsch, J.f. Orn. 1870, p. 373. 

 Fulmarus glacialoides, G7-ay, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 105 (1871) ; Lucas, 



Auk, iv. p. 4 (1887) ; A. O. U. Chech-l. N. Am. Birds, p. 100 



(1886) ; Ridgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 58 (1887). 

 Fulmarus tenuirostris, Cuues, Key N. Am. Birds, p. 328 (1872). 

 Priocella tenuirostris, Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ii. p. 209 (1880), 



iii. pp. 12, 230 (1880) ; Coues, Check-list N. Am. Birds, p. 125 



(1882); id. Auk, i. p. 80 (1884); id. Key N. Am. Birds, ed. 2, 



p. 778 (1884) ; Stejn. Auk, i. p. 233 (1884). 

 Priocella glacialoides, Baird, Brew., 8^ Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Am. 



ii. p. 373 (1884). 



Adult male. Upper surface pale grey, paler on the liead and back 

 of the neck ; quills outwardly greyish black ; a dark spot in front 

 of the eye ; forehead, cheeks, and entire under surface white ; flanks 

 washed with pale grey ; under wing-coverts aud axillaries pure 

 white, a few grey feathers on the edge of the wing ; tail pale grey : 

 bill yellow, the tip, middle of the culmen, nasal-covers, and base of 

 the maxilla black : tarsi and toes pale flesh-colour, the outer toe 

 darker. Total length about 18 inches, wing 12-G ; tail, central 

 rectrices 5"1, lateral rectrices 4'15 ; bill 2-1, tarsus 1-8, middle and 

 outer toes 2*4, inner toe 2'05. 



Sexes alike. 



Hah. South Seas generally, northwards along the West Coast of 

 America to Washington Territory. 



? ad. sk. 



^b. Ad.-sk. 

 ^c. c? ad. sk. 



I ^ d, e. Ad. sk. 



i//. (S ad. sk. 



I / g, k. Ad. sk. 

 ^ i. (S ad. sk. 



' j, k. Ad. sk. 

 y I. c? ad. ; m. 



ad. sk. 

 / n. Ad. sk. 



P- 



Ad. sk. 

 Ad. sk. 



q. c? ad. sk. 



South Atlantic Ocean, lat. 40° 



43' S., long. 58° 04' W., 



Aug. 14, 1877. 

 Straits of ISIagellan. 

 South Pacific Ocean, lat. 44° S., 



long. 110i° W., June 17, 1850 



(J. Macgillivray). 

 Valparaiso Bay. 



Valparaiso, July 1882 (Capt. 



A. H. Markhiim). 

 Valparaiso {J. Young). 

 Valparaiso, Aug. 4, 1879 {Dr. 



Copping er). 

 Valparaiso. 

 Coquimho, Chili, Nov. 1881 



{Capt. A. H. Markham). 

 OS Loboa de Tierra, coast of 



Peru, July 10, 1883 {J. R. 



Macfarlane). 

 Mazatlan, Coast of Mexico. 

 Louis Philippe I., Southern 



Ocean. 

 Ice Barrier, Feb. 26, 1874. 



H. Durnford, 



[C.]. 



Esq. 



The Admiralty [P.]. 

 Voy.H. M.S. 'Rattle- 

 snake.' 



H. Berkeley James, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. Saunders Coll. 

 Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



Capt. Brett [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godmaji Coll. 

 Purchased. 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Chal- 

 len?er.' 



