188 Capt. F. W, Hutton on the Birds seen 



Petrels of a species that I have not seen described. It was 

 about the size of P. Imsitata, Licht. ; throat, back of the neck, 

 breast, under the wings, and upper tail-coverts white; head, 

 lower part of the neck, back, wings, and tail brown, the top of 

 the head being the darkest part. We never saw this bird 

 again. 



Procellaria lessoni, Garnot. First seen April 14tli in 

 lat. 36° 38' S., long. 2° 18' E.; but was scarce until May 22nd, 

 lat. 43° 14' S., long. 102° 41' E., from which date one or two 

 were seen every day until we sighted New Zealand. 



Procellaria mollis, Gould. First seen April 5th, lat. 

 34° 11' S., long. 22° 52' W., from which time it was common 

 every day until May 10th, lat. 40° 20' S., long. 63° 30' E. It 

 then disappeared until May 17th, lat. 39° 38' S., long. 85° 36' E., 

 when one was seen each day for three days, taking its final de- 

 parture on May 20th, lat. 42° 23' S., long. 97° 40' E. It was 

 most numerous between lat. 35° 40' S., long. 4° 28' W., and 

 lat. 39° 30' S., long. 25° E. 



Procellaria parvirostris, Peale ? On several occasions, 

 between the equator and lat. 33° S., we saw a bird much re- 

 sembling the P. parvirostris of Peale. Its head, neck, back, 

 wings, and tail were dark brown, and its breast, belly, and under 

 surface white : the bill was black, and the bird appeared to 

 be about three feet and a half across the wings. I am not 

 aware that any bird answering to this description has been de- 

 scribed as inhabiting the Atlantic. It can easily be distin- 

 guished from P. mollis by being white under the wings. 



Daption capensis (L.) was first seen April 19th, lat. 

 34° 32' S., long. 11° 28' E. ; but it did not become common 

 until April 26th. This can only be accounted for by supposing 

 that it does not return from its breeding-grounds until the end 

 of April. A sailor on board told me that during his last voyage 

 to Adelaide, where he arrived about the middle of March, he 

 did not see one Cape-Pigeon the whole way. The same man 

 also told me that he once took six or seven Cape-Pigeons alive 

 as far as the English Channel, where, owing to a difference 

 with the steward, who was part owner, he let them all fly away. 



