13. PRION. 435 



ii. p. 825 (1790) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. p. 419 (1817) ; 

 Kuhl, Beitr. p. 143 (1820) ; Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. p. 648 (1844) ; 

 Swinh.P. Z. S. 1863, p. 330 (?). 



Procellaria turtur, Banks, Icon. ined. no. 15 ; Kuhl, Beitr. p. 143 

 (1820) ; Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, pi. 54 (1840) ; Gray, List 

 Anseres Brit. Miis. p. 105 (1844) ; id. Gen. Birds, iii. p. 648 

 (1844) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B., vi. ProceU. p. 17 (1863) ; Layard, Birds 

 S. Afr. p. 361 (1867). 



Procellaria fasciata, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 79 (1823) ; ? Gray, Cat. 

 Birds Trop. Is. Pac. p. 56 (1859). 



Daptiou desolatum, Stejoh. in Shmd's Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 244 (1826). 



Prion turtur, Gould, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 366 (1844) ; id. 

 Birds Austr. vii. pi. 54 (1844) ; id. Handb. Birds Ausfr. ii. p. 472 

 (1865) ; Reich. Av. Syst. Nat., Natatores, pi. 15. figs. 773-75 (1850) ; 

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

 (1856) ; Peh. Reise Novara, Zool. i. Voq. p. 147 (1869) ; Hutton, 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 396, 1872, p. 249 ; id. Cat. Birds N Zeal. p. 48 

 (1871) ; Gif/l. Faun. Vert.Oceano, p. 45 (1870) ; id. Viagq. '■Magenta'' 

 (see index) (1875) ; Finsch, J. f. Orn. 1870, p. 373, 1874, p. 212 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. iii. p. 108 (1871); SharjJe, Voy. ' Freb. ^- Terror,' 

 Birds, App. p. 34, pi. 29 (1875) ; Salv. in Roxvley's Orn. Misc. i. 

 p. 230 (1876) ; id. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 631 (1882) ; Hartl. Voy. 

 Madag. p. 377 (1877) ; Buller, Birds N Zeal. p. 309 (1873) ; id. 

 op. cit. ed. 2, ii. p. 209 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. 

 p. 411 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 467 (1882) : Hamilton, Tr. 

 N. Zeal. Inst, xviii. p. 128 (1886); Lucas, Auk, iv. p. 1 (1887) ; 

 H. O. Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 542 ; Scl. Ibis, 1894, p. 498. 



P^strelata desolata, iJ/j. Compt. Rend. xiii. p. 768 (1850); Coues, 

 Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 155. 



Pseudoprion turtur, Coues, Pr.Ac. Phil. 1866, pp. 166, 172; Gurney, 

 in Anderss. Birds Damara-L. p. 352 (1872). 



Pseudoprion desolatus, Coues S,- Kidder, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 2, 

 p. 32 (1875) ; Kidder, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 3, p. 16 (1876). 



Pachyptila turtur, Cab. ^- Reichenow, J. f. Orn. 1876, p. 328. 



Prion desolatus, Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. '738; id. Voy. 'Chall.', Zool. 

 ii. pt. viii. p. 145 (1881); Sharpe, Phd. Trans, clxviii. p. 137 

 (1879) ; id. Layard' s Birds S. Afr. p. 769 (1884) ; Moseley, Notes 

 Nat. 'ChalV p. 207 (1879) ; Saunders, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 165. 



Similar to P. vittatus and P. banlsi, but with a still smaller bill 

 than the latter ; the sides of the maxilla are nearly straight, not 

 convex, and the lamellse are not visible near the rictus when the 

 bill is closed. 



Hab. Southern Seas, usually between lat. 35° and 60° S., but even 

 as far south as the Ice Barrier, lat 66"" 30' S. 



a. cJ ad. sli. South Atlantic Ocean, lat. 35° Earl of Crawford and 



20' S., long-. 9° 43' E., Sept. 10, Balcarres [P.]. 



b. S ad.; c. $ ad. South Atlantic Ocean, lat. 35° Gould Coll. 

 sk. 19' S., long. 10°32'E. {J.G.). 



d. Ad. sk. Coast of Madagascar. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Southern Indian Ocean, lat. 36° Earl of Crawford and 



57' S., long. 40= 41' E., Sept. 14. Balcarres [P.]. 

 ' j-h. <5 ad. ; i,j. Betsy Cove, Kerguelen Land. Voy. H.M.S. ' ChaJ- 



2 ad. sk. lenger.' 



'^. cJ? vix ad. sk. Roval Sound, Kerguelen Land Transit of Venus Exp. 

 (Rev. A. E. Faton). 



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