264 



TUBINARES. 



side by side in the centre of the mandible. Tliey all possess the 

 ambiens muscle except the genus Pelecanoides. 



There may be about 70 species of Shearwaters of various genera, 

 most of which belong to the Southern Hemisphere, and six of which 

 have been recorded from the Japanese seas. 



259. PUFFINUS LEUCOMELAS. 

 (S1E130LD'S SHEARWATER.) 



Procellaria leitcomdas, Temminck, Planches Coloriees, no. 587 (183G). 



Siebold's Shearwater is the largest of the Japanese Shearwaters 

 (wing from carpal joint 13 to 12^ inches). It is brown above and 

 white below, but there is much white on the forehead and crown, and 

 some brown on the under wing-coverts. The bill, legs, and feet are 

 pale. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 85. 



Head of Piiffinus leucomelas. Natural size. 



Siebold's Shearwater is found in all the Japanese seas. There arc 

 several examples in the British Museum collected by Mr. Henson at 

 llakodadi, and there are two examples in the Prycr collection from 

 Yokohama (Seebohm, Ibis, ISS-t, p. 176). 



Siebold's Shearwater ranges as far south as the Malay Archipelago, 

 where it has been recorded Irom the Pliili])pincs, liurneo, Celebes, the 

 Molucca.s, New Guinea, and the Duke of York Island. 



