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Procellaria iEQUixocTiALis, L. This bird appeared first 

 on April 3rd, in lat. 32° 35' S., long. 26° 36' W., after which it 

 was seen every day until April 12th, lat. 35'^ 40' S., long. 4° 28' 

 W. ; from this time it disappeai'ed until April 24th, lat. 37° 32' S., 

 long. 17° 48' E. It was then common until May 6th, lat. 

 40° 52' S., long. 46° 28' E. ; after this it was only occasionally 

 seen until June 4th, lat. 40° 48' S., long. 157° 24' E. ; it then 

 accompanied us every day to New Zealand. The var. conspicillata 

 of Gould was seen only between lat. 35° 32' S., long. 18° 46' W., 

 and lat. 35° 40' S., long. 4° 28' W. I saw this bird in all 

 stages of plumage, from that described by Linnseus to that 

 figured by Mr. Gould as P. conspicillata. Those seen between 

 Tasmania and New Zealand were probably another variety, if 

 not a distinct species ; they appeared smaller than the normal 

 form, and had a white band all round the bill from the chin to 

 the forehead, but none round the eyes. The bill seemed to be 

 quite black. In appearance and manner of flight they seemed 

 to me to connect P. cequinoctialis with P. macroptera. 



Procellaria macroptera. Smith. Pirst seen April 1st, in 

 lat. 29° 48' S., long. 26° 30' W., and remained with us until 

 May 10th, in lat. 40° 20' S., long. 63° 30' E. It was very 

 common between lat. 36° 38' S., long. 2° 18' E., and lat. 34° 3' S., 

 long. 11° 2' E. 



Procellaria h^esitata, Licht. {nee Kuhl) ; P. cinerea, 

 Gmel. Pirst seen April 14th, lat. 36° 38' S., long. 2° 18' E., 

 but did not become common until May 5th, lat. 41° 9' S,, long. 

 43° 7' E. It was then seen every day until June 7th, lat. 

 36° 18' S., long. 166° 33' E. It was most common about lat. 

 46° S., long. 140° E., when from fifteen to twenty were seen 

 every day for several days in succession. 



Procellaria glacialoides. Smith. Pirst seen May 14th, 

 lat. 38° 30' S., long. 73° 12' E., and seen occasionally until 

 May 29th, lat. 45° 5' S., long. 132° 30' E., but never more than 

 one at a time. 



Procellaria ?, sp. nov. ? On April 21st and 22nd, 



in about lat. 36° S., and long. 16° E., we saw two or three 



