PUFFINUS. 155 



1. CulpepperIsland,Galapagos, 27th July Webster-Harris Exped. 



(C. Z». Hull). ^ 



1. Culpepper Island, 27th July (F. P. Webster-Harris Exped. 



I)ro^vnc). 



Puffinus assimilis, Gould. 



I'ufRnus nugax, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 458 (1865) ; Nofth 

 NestsSi-E(j(jsAustr.Birds,-p.Z77,Yi\:Xx\.^§.^{\Sm). 



Puffinus assimilis, Buller, Birds Neiv Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 239 (1888) ; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 384 (1896) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896,' 

 p. 50; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Supjjl.) p. 407 (1896); Skarpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899). v / , f , 



The eggs of the Allied Shearwater in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-9 by 1-45 ; 1-9 by 1-34 ; 2 by 1-43 ; 2 by 1-4. 



1. St. Ambrose, 21st July. Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 



2. Raoul Island, Kermadec Group, Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



Pacific Ocean, Jidy {J.Macgillivray) . 



1. Great Salvage Island, 25th April. Hon. C. Baring & W. R. 



Ogilvie Grant^ Esq. [P.]. 



Pufllnus carneipes, Gould. 



Nectris carneipes, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 465 (1865) • North 

 Nests Sf E()(js Austr. Birds, p. 361 (1889). ' ' 



Puffinus carneipes, Salvin, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxv. p. 385 (1896) • Shame 

 Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899), ^ ' 



The eggs of the Pleshy-footed Shearwater in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 2-75 by 1-95 ; 2-85 by 1-83. 



2. Australia {E. P. Ramsay). Seebohm Coll. 



Pufllnus tenuirostris (Temm.). 



Procellaria brevicauda, Thien. Fortpflanz. qes. Vog. tab. xcii fio- 7 

 (1845-54). ./ :/ y . o 



Puffinus obscurus, R. Elwcs, Ibis, 1859, p. 39". 



Nectris brevicaudus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 459 (1865) • 



North, Nests ^- Eygs Austr. Birds, p. 360 (1889). ' 



Puffinus tenuirostris, ^Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 230 (1888) ; 



Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 388 (1896); Montgomeni, Ibis 



1898, p. 209 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899). 



The eggs of the Short-tailed Shearwater, or Mutton-bird, measure 

 from 2-5 to 2-9 in length, and from 1-65 to !•!) in breadth. 



1. Australia. Old Collection. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. I'".A.Philbrick,Esq.,Q.C.rP.]. 



2. Goose Island, Bass Straits, 3rd March Voy. H.M.S. ' Rattlesnake.' 



(J. Macgillivray). 



2. Bass Straits. Gould Coll. 



2. Port Davey, Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



2. Lord Howe Island, Dec. (/. 3Iac- Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



gillioray). 



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



