150 PEOCELLARIID^. 



Sub-Family OCEANITIN^. 



Genus OCEANITES, Keys. Sf Bias. 



Oceanites oceanica (Kuhl). 

 (Plate XI. fig. 7.) 



Oceanites oceanicus, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 505 (1878) ; Sharpe, 

 Phil. Trans. 168. p. 132 (1879) ; Legye, Birds Ceyl. p. 1056 (1880) ; 

 Baird, Brewer if Bidyw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 416 (1884); 

 Sakin, Cat. Birds B.M.xxv. p. 358 (1896); Hall, Ibis, 1900, p. 19. 



Procellaria oceanica, Satmders, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 164 (1879). 



Oceanites wilsoni, tSeebofmi, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 449 (1885). 



Oceanites oceanica, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 122 (1899). 



The eggs of Wilson's Petrel are of an elliptical form. They are 

 white, sprinkled with numerous pink specks and dots which 

 sometimes form a broad zone round one end, or are sometimes 

 distributed over one half of the egg, or evenly scattered over the 

 whole shell. They measure from 1'2S to 1-32 in length, and from 

 •9 to '94 in breadth. 



1. Kerguelen Island, 23rd Jan. {A. E. Royal Society [P.]. 

 Eaton). 



1. Kerguelen Island, 2nd Feb. (A.E.E.). Royal Society [P.j. 



2. Kerguelen Island, 7th Feb. (A.E.E.). Roval Societ'y [P.]. 

 2. Kerguelen Island, llthFeb. (A.E.E.). Royal Society [P.]. 



Genus GARRODIA, Forbes. 



Garrodia nereis {Gould). 



Procellaria nereis, Campbell, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 70, fig. 645 



(1883). 

 Garrodia nereis, Buller, Birds Neiv Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 247 (1888): 



Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 542, pi. xiv. tig. 3; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. 



XXV. p. 361 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 122 (1899). 



The single egg of the Grey-backed Petrel in the Collection closely 

 resembles some of the eggs of Oceanites oceanica. It is white 

 sprinkled all over with pink dots which also form a cap at one 

 end. It measures 1'3 by '95. 



1. Chatham Islands. II. 0. Forbes, Esq. [P.] 



Genus PELAGODROMA, Eeichenb. 



Pelagodroma marina {Lath.). 



Procellaria marina, Thie7i. Fort pflanz. yes. 7%. tab. xcii. hg. 10 (1845-54), 

 Pelagodroma marina, Buller, Birds Xew Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 248 (1888) ; 



Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 542 ; Gratit, Ibis, 1896, p. 51 ; Salvin, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxv. p. 362 (1896) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. {Suppl.) 



p. 399 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 122 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-faced Petrel are of an elliptical or of a 



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