6. (ESTRELATA. 



413 



i. Ad. sk. 



Raoiil I., July 13, 1854. 



Raoul I. 



Raoul I. 



Kermadec Is. 



Juan Fernandez, coast of Chili, 



Mar. 1881 (A. H. Marhham). 

 Eastern South Pacific Ocean 



{Lieut. Macfarlane). 



J. Macgillivray [C 

 J. Macgillivray [C, 

 J. Macgillivray fC 

 J. Macgillivray [C. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll.H • '0 



Salvin-Godman Coll. H . | 





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"7 



11 -0 



20. (Estrelata arminjoniana. 



Procellaria sandaliata, Solander, Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. p. 648 (1844) ; 



Salv. in liowleifs Orn. Misc. i. p. 238 (1876). 

 Rhantistes sandaliata, Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 768 (1856). 

 /Estrelata arminjoniana, Gigl. &;■ Salvad. Ibis, 1869, pp. 62, 66 ; Gii/l. 



Distr. Fauna Vert. Oceano, p. 42 (1870). 

 (Estrelata arminjoniana, 8alv. inBoivleifs Om. Misc. i. pp. 234, 252, 



pi. 31 (1876) ; Hidffw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 64 (1887). 

 Qilstrelata mollis {nee Gould), Saund. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 164. 



Adult. Upper surface brown, nearly uniform, the top of the head 

 and the upper tail-coverts a little darker ; under surface white, the 

 chin, sides of the neck, and breast mottled with greyish brown, 

 leaving the middle of the throat white, flanks and asillaries greyish 

 browii ; under tail-coverts white, the sides mottled with grey ; under 

 wing-coverts brown, the primaries white at the base of the inner 

 webs, the shafts brown : bill black ; tarsi and proximal half of the 

 middle and inner toes and the webs between them yellow, the outer 

 toe and the distal portion of the rest black. Total length about 

 16 inches, wing 114 ; tail, central rectrices 4'4, lateral rectrices 3'9 ; 

 bill 1-5, tarsus 1'35, middle and outer toes 1*75, inner toe 1"45. 



Very similar to (E. neglecta, but a rather smaller bird and with 

 smaller bill. 



Hab. South Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of the island of 

 Trinidad. 



rt. Ad. sk. Trinidad I., S. Atlantic, Aug. 21. 



Earl of Crawford and 

 Balcarres [P.]. 



21. (Estrelata trinitatis. 



--Estrelata trinitatis, Git/l. ^- Salvad. Ibis, 1869, pp. 65, 66 ; Ridgto. 



Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 67 (1887). 

 Pterodroma trinitatis, Gigl. Faun. Vert. Oceano, p. 40 (1870) ; id. 



Tlaf/i/. ' Jlar/enta,' p. 976 (1875). 

 CEstrelata trinitatis, &/y. inRoidey's Orn. Misc.'i. p. 253, pi. 32 (1876). 



" J^. ex toto fuliginoso-nigra, subtus vix pallidior, remigibus 

 nigricantioribus, basi intus pallidioribus ; fronte ac capite supra 

 plumis distincte griseo-raarginatis ; rostro pedibusque nigris ; iridi- 

 bus brunneis. Long. tot. 0""-350, alse 0™-290-0™-295, cauda; 0°'-130, 

 rostr. a fronte 0"-02S-0™-031, tars. 0"'-034, dig med. cum ung. 

 0™-046-0'"-050." (Gifil. 4- Salvad. I. s. c.) 



Hah. South Atlantic Ocean, near the island of Trinidad. 



There are no specimens of this bird in the Museum from this 

 locality. It is very questionable if the species is distinct from 



