6. (KSTRELATA. 401 



■^ k. Ad. sk. [Southern Ocean] {Sir J. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1 Brooke). 



^l. Ad. sk. fSouthern Ocean.] Sir E. Home. 



""^m. Ad. sk. [Southern Ocean.] Indian Museum. 



•^ n. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Purchased. 



0, ;?. Skeletons. S. Atlantic Ocean. J. Macgillivray [C.]. 



2. OEstrelata aterrima. 



Pterodroma aterrima, Bp. Compt. lie»d. xl. p. 191, xlii. p. 7G8 (185(i) ; 



id. Consp. Av. ii. p. 191 (18.j5) ; Verr. in Vinson's Voy. Madag., 



Annexe B, p. 4 (1865). 

 Procellaria aten-ima, Schlcf/. Mm. P.-B., vi. Procell. p. 9 (1863) ; Poll. 



^- Va7i Dam, Faun. Ma'daq., Ois. p. 144 (1868) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. 



p. 375 (1877); Milne-Edio. ^- Grand. Hist. Madag., Ois. p. 671 



(1885). 

 ^strelata aterrima, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, pp. 158, 171 ; Gigl. 



i^- Sahad. Ibis, 1869, p. 66 ; Gigl. Distr. Fatma Vert. Oeeano, p. 38- 



(1870) ; Midgiv. Man. 2V. Am.' Birds, p. 67 (1887). 



Allied to (E. macroptera, but smaller, the bill much shorter but 

 relatively very stout, the general colour slightly greyer ; legs dark 

 reddish-flesh-colour, the outer toe aud the tips of the rest and the 

 webs between them black. Total length about 14 inches, wing 9"7 ; 

 tail, central rectriccs 4, lateral rectrices 3'1 ; bill 1"5, tarsus I'o, 

 middle and outer toes 1-8, inner toe 1'55. 



Hah, "Western Indian Ocean : Mascarene Islands. 



There is no specimen of this species in the Museum. The only 

 one I have seen has been kindly lent me by Professor Newton. It 

 is labelled " d". St. Denys, Mauritius, 17 April 1890." 



3. (Estrelata lessoni 



Procellaria vagabunda, Solander, MS. 



Procellaria lessoni, Garnot, Ann. Sc. Nat. vii. p. 54, pi. 4 (1826) ; 



Gould, Birds Atisfr. ,\u. t. 49 (1848); Gray, List Anseres Brit. 



Mm. p. 163 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 648 (1844) ; Reich. Syst. Av., 



Natatores, pi. 24. fig. 2605; Hvfton, Ibis, 1867, p. 188; Finsch, J. 



f. Orn. 1870, p. 373 ; id. op. cit. 1874, p. 207 ; Buller, Birds New 



Zeal p. 303, pi. — (1873) ; Cab. i§- Reich. J.f. Orn. 1876, p. 329. 

 Puffinus sericeus, Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 402 (1828) ; Gray, Gen. 



Birds, iii. p. 647 (1844) {of. Salv. Ibis, 1875, p. 374). 

 Procellaria leucocephala, Farster, Descr. Aniin. p. 206 (1844) ; Coues, 



Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 142 ; Pelz. Reise Novara, Zool. i. Vog. p. 145 



(1869). 

 Puflinus lessoni, Reich. Syst. Av., Natatores, pi. 20. fig. 339. 

 Khautistes lessoni, Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 768 (1856). 

 OEstrelata (?) sericeus, Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 768 (1856). 

 ./Estrelata leucocephala, i>/). Consp. Av. ii. p. 189 (1855); Gould, 



Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 451 (1865). 

 Adamastor sericeus, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 188 (1855) ; Cones, Pr. Ac. 



Phil. 1860, pp. 122, 142. 

 CEstrelata lessoni, Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1862, p. 327; Ilutton, Ibis, 



1870, p. 396; Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 737 ; id. Voy. ' Ch^ill.,' Zool. 



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