154 PUFFINID^. 



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5. St. Kilda, Hebrides, lOtli Jime Seebohin Coll. 



(C. Dixon). 



1. Rathlin Island, 22nd May {M. R. Seebohni Coll. 



^ H. S.). 



2. Rathlin Island, 2.3rd May {M. E. Seebohm Coll. 



.S- H. S.). 



PnflSnus yelcouan (Acerbi). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 3.) 



Piiffinus auglorura, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 517, part. (1876). 

 Puffinus yelkouan, Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 48. 

 Piiffinus yelkouanus, >Salvin, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxv. p. 379 (1896). 

 Puffinus yelcouan, Shatye, Hand-l. i. p. 12-3 (1899). 



The single egg of the Levantine Shearwater in the Collection is 

 inseparable from the eggs of P. imffinus. It measures 2-3 by 1-6. 



1. Cerbicali Islands, Corsica, 2nd May. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Puffinus opisthomelas, Coues. 



Puffinus gavia, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridgw. Wate)- Birds N. Am. ii. p. 389 



(1884). 

 Puffinus opisthomelas, Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 380 (1896) ; 



Anthony, Auk, 1896, p. 223 ; SharjK, Hand-l. i. p. 123 (1899). 



The three eggs of the Black-vented Shearwater in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 2-42 by 1-62 ; 2-4 by 1-64 ; 2-22 by 1-61. 



3. Natividad Island, Lower California, A. W. Anthony, Esq. [P.]. 

 10th April. 



Puffinus auduboni, Finsch. 



Puffinus obsciirus, Cory, Birds Bahama Islands, p. 219 (1880) ; Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, iii. p. 425, pi. 56 (1885) ; id. Efjf/s of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 72, pi. 20. iig. 2 (1896) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 382, 

 part. (1896) ; Dresser, Birds Bur. ix. {Suppl.) p. 403 (1896). 



Puffinus auduboni, Baird, Breiver Sf Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. 

 p. 386 (1884) ; Feilden, Ibis, 1889, pp. 60, 503 ; Cori/, Birds W. 

 Indies, p. 282 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hajid-l. i. p. 124 (1899). 



The three eggs of Audubon's Dusky Shearwater in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 2-1 by 1-48 ; '2-05 by 1-46 ; 2-07 by 1-35. 



1. Bahamas, 4th April (Diventz). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Barbados, 22nd March. Col. II. W. Feilden [P.]. 



Puffinus subalaris, llidgv. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 4.) 



Puffinus subalaris, Ridyio. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xix, p. 650 (1897) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899). 

 Puffinus obscm-us subalaris, Rothsch. S^- Hartert, Nov. Zool. \-i. p. 195 



(1899). 



Two eggs of the Galapagos Shearwater measure respectively : 

 2-02 by 1-37 ; 2-01 by 1-39, 



