1$3 PUITINID^. 



Family PUFFINID^. 



Sub-Family PUFFININ^. 



Genus PUFFINUS, Briss. 



The eggs of the Shearwaters are unspotted white and the shell is 

 smooth. In shape they var)' from blunt to pointed ovals, 

 but occasionally they are elliptical. They sometimes exhibit a 

 small amount of gloss, but as a rule they are glossless. 



Puffinus cuneatus, Salvin. 



PufSuus cuneatus, Seebohm, Ibis, 1891, p. 191 ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 XXV. p. 371 (1896) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of Snow's Shearwater measure from 2-37 to 2-65 in 

 length, and from 1'57 to 172 in breadth. 



1. Sulphur I., Benin Islands, 8th June Seebohm Gull. 



(P. A. Hoist). 



2. Bailey I., Benin Islands, 2nd Jidy Seebohm Coll. 



(P. A. H.). 



3. Bailey I., 2ud July (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Bailey I., 9th July (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



Puffinus chlororhynchus, Less. 



Puffinus splieuurus, Crowfoot, Ibis, 1885, p. 268. 



ThieUus sphenurus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 466 (1865). 



Puffinus chlororhynchus, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 1054 (1880) ; Milne- 

 Edwards !^- Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Maday., Ois. ii. p. 080, pi. 308. 

 fifr. 8 (1885) ; Buller, Birds Netu Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 235 (1888); 

 Salvi7i, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 372 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater measure from 2*4 to 

 2"65 in length, and from 1-67 to 1'8 in breadth. 



1. Round Island, Mauritius. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Round Island {E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Australia. Gould CoU. 

 2. Australia (J. Macgillivray). Geuld Coll. 



2. Lord Howe Island {E. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Norfolk Island, 29th Dec. Dr. W. M. Crowfoot [P.]. 



Puffinus kuhli (Boie). 



Procellaria puffinus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vog. tab. xcii. fig. 5 (1845-54). 

 Puffinus cinereus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 65. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; 



Wriyht, Ibis, 1863, p. 439; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. v. p. 86, 



pi. — (1876). 



