400 PUFFINII)^. 



Hanclb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 449 (1865) ; Verr. in Vinson's Vorj. 



Madag., Annexe B, p. 4 (1865). 

 Pterodronia macroptera, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 191 (1855); id. Compt. 



Rend. xlii. p. 768 (1856) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 449 



(1865); Gigl. ^ Salvad. Ibis, 1869, p. 66; Gigl. Faun. Vert. 



Oeeano, p. 39 (1870) ; id. Viagg. ' Magenta ' (see index) (1876). 

 ^strelata t'uliginosa, Coues, Br. Ac. Bhil. 1866, pp. 155, 171 ; Scl. Sf 



Salt: Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 149 (1873) ; B^dler, Birds N. Zeal. 



ed. 2, ii. p. 221 (1888). 

 CEstrelata t'uliginosa, Salv. Ibis, 1888, p. 360. 

 ^strelata macroptera, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, pp. 155, 171 ; Gigl. 



i^ Salvad. Ibis, 1869, p. 66 ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's Birds S. Afr. 



p. 766 (1884). 

 ^strelata goiildi, Hutton, Ibis, 1869, p. 351 ; id. Trans. N. Zeal. 



List. ii. p. 79 (1869), 1870, pp. 78, 80. 

 Procellaria gouldi, Hutton, Cat. Birds N. Zeal. p. 47 (1871) ; Finsch, 



J. f. Orn. 1870, p. 372; id. op>. cit. 1874, p. 207 ; Buller, B^irds N. 



Zeal. p. 308 (1873) ; Iteischek, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst, xviii. p. 81 



(1886); Sandager, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. xxii. p. 292 (1890). 

 Fulmarus atlanticus et macropterus, Gray, Hand-l. iii. p. 107 



(1871). 

 ^strelata atlantica, Ridgto. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 66 (1887). 

 Miijaqueus gouldi, Biiller, Birds N. Zeal. ed. 2, ii. p. 245 (1888). 



Adult male. Dark sooty-brown, nearly uniform, under surface a 

 little paler, forehead and throat greyer: bill and feet black. Total 

 length about 16-5 inches, wing 12 ; tail, central rectrices 4-.5, 

 lateral rectrices 4 ; bill 1*7, tarsus 1'65, middle and outer toes 2-2, 

 inner toe 1-9. (Specimen a.) 



Sexes alike. 



The bird from Tasmania is rather large (wing 13'0), and the 

 face greyer. It was called Pterodronia macroptera (Smith) by 

 Gould, and afterwards described by Hutton as CEstrelata gouldi, 

 but the diflerential characters are not stable. 



Hah. Southern Oceans. 



/ a. S ad. sk. S. Atlantic, lat. 31° 45' S., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



long. 5° 43' W., July 30, 

 1838 {J. Gould). 

 b. $ ad. sk. S. Atlantic, lat. 35= 19' S., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



long. 10° 32' E., Aug. 6 (J. 



Gould). (Types of P- atlantica, Gould.) 



' c. Ad. sk. S. Atlantic [J. Gould). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



C d. Ad. sk. S. Atlantic, lat. 36° 50' S., J. Macgillivray [C.]. 



long. 27^ 50' W., Feb. 

 I'e. (S ad. sk. S. Atlantic, lat. 34° 43' S., J. Macgillivray [C.]. - ' 



long. 4° W., Feb. ' [ yt^ 



f. Ad. sk. S. Atlantic. '"/ ,. ^ 



V/. Ad. sk. S.Africa. SheUey Coll. ^^^ 



'h. 2 ad. St. S. Atlantic, lat. 30° S., long. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



6° 47' E. 

 i. Ad. sk. S. Indian Ocean, lat. 40|° S., J. Macgillivray [C.]. 



long. 123° E., June. 

 u- i. (S ad. sk. Off Van Diemen's Land, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Aug. 30, 1839 {J. Gould). 



