434 PUfFINID^. 



2. Prion banksi. 



Prion banksi, Gould, Ann. 8( Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 366 (1844); id. 

 Sandb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 474 (1865) ; Gray, List Anseres Brit. 

 Mils. p. 165 (1844) ; id. Gen. Birds, iii. p. 649 (1844) ; id. Ibis, 

 1862, p. 247; id. Hand-l. iii. p. 108 (1871) ; Reich. Av. Syst. Nat., 

 Suppl. Longip. pi. x. fig. 776 (1850) ; Bp. Compt. Bend. xlii. p. 768 

 (1856) ; id. Cmisp. Av. ii. p. 193 (1856) ; Layard, Birds S. Afr. 

 p. 362 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1867, p. 460 ; Gigl. Faun. Vert. Oceano, 

 p. 44 (1870) ; id. Viagg. 'Magenta' (see index) (1875) ; Finsch ^ 

 Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 815 (1870) ; Finsch, J.f. Orn. 1870, p. 373, 

 1874, p. 211; Hutto7i, Cat. Birds N. Zeal. p. 48 (1871); Hartl. 

 Vog. Madag. p. 376 (1877) ; Buller, Birds N. Zeal. p. 311 (1873) ; 

 id. op. cit. ed. 2, ii. p. 211 (1888) ; Salt: P. Z. S. 1878, p. 739; id. 

 Voy. 'ChaW, Zool. ii. pt. viii. p. 146 (1881) ; Sandager, Trans. N. 

 Zeal. Inst. xxii. p. 293 (1890). 



Pachyptila banksi. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, pi. 55 (1840). 



Prion rossii, Gray, List Anseres Brit. Mus. p. 165 (1844) ; Bp. 

 Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 768 (1856) ; id. Consp. Av. ii. p. 193 (1856). 



Procellaria banksi, Schl. Mus. P.-B., vi. Procell. p. 17 (1863) ; Pollen Si 

 Van Dam, Faun. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 145 (1868). 



Pseudoprion banksi, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, pp. 166, 172. 



Prion ?, IfMwe, Stray F. ii. p. 317 (1874); v. p. 304 (1877); viii. 

 p. 115 (1879). 



Very similar in colour to P. viltatus, but the bill not so wide 

 {0-5 in.) ; the lamellae of the maxilla just visible near the rictus 

 when the bill is closed. 



Hah. Southern Seas, usually between lat. 35° and 60^ S., but as 

 far north as the Equator in the Malay Archipelago. 



a. .\d. sk. South Atlantic Ocean, lat. 35° Earl of Crawford and 



20' S., long. 9° 43' W. Balcarres [P.]. 



■ b. S ad. sk. South Atlantic Ocean, lat. 35° Voj'. H.M.S. 'Eattle- 



S., long. Oi° E., Nov. 18, snake.' • 



1852 (/. Macgillivray). 



^ c. Ad. sk. South Atlantic Ocean, lat. 35° Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



r S., long. 6° 15' E. 



' d. Ad. sk. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



(Type of P. banksi.) 



'•-' €. S ad. sk. Cape Seas. Antarctic Exped. . .-- 



■ f. Ad. sk. Coast of Queensland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g, h. Ad. st. & sk. Coast of Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



i. Ad. sk. New Hebrides. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



V j, k. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



I. Ad. sk. Auckland Is., Dec. 3, 1840. Dr.R.M'Cormick[P.]. 



ni. Ad. sk. , Auckland Is. Antarctic Exped. 



n. Ad. St. ; o. Ad. Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Exped. 

 sk. , (Types of P. rossii, Grav.) 



>'p. Ad. sk. [South Seas.] Gould Coll. 



yq. Ad. sk. [South Seas.] Old Coll. 



r. Skeleton. Menado, Celebes, 



3. Prion desolatus. 



Brown-banded Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 2, p. 409 (1785). 

 Procellaria desolata. Gin. Syst. Nat. i. p. 562 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. 



