24 Mr. R. Hall on the 



I unearthed two very young birds, one of which was attended 

 hy its parent. 



In Royal Sound on 15th January I blew an egg that was 

 thoroughly sour and without any sign of development. This 

 T took from under the bird. 



I did not observe any of the nests to be raised^ for they 

 were in dry ground and did not need it. The egg was merely 

 placed on a few gathered soft fibres and an occasional feather. 



The smallest of ten eggs measured 2'7 x2 in., the largest 

 2"95 X 2"05 in. ; the average was 2*85 x 2 in. 



The general colour of the downy nestling is bluish-grey ; 

 bill — posterior half black, anterior light violet ; legs and feet 

 waxy pale, webs flesh-colour, digits bluish, nails horn-black. 



ffisTRELATA MACROPTERA (Smith) ; Salviu, Cat. B. XXV. 



p. 399. 



This is Gould^s Procellaria atlantica and Buller's CE. full- 

 ginosa, and is now noted for the first time as an inhabitant 

 of the island. It seems to lay itself open to the attacks of 

 the Skuas more than any other Petrel, excepting the Prion, 

 for I found nine dead birds at the mouths of their burrows 

 in various parts of the dry and higher ground of the beach. 

 I saw this species only at Long Island, near the entrance to 

 Royal Sound, and on the Prince of Wales's Foreland. 



ffisTRELATA BREVIROSTRIS (LcSS.) ; Salviu, Cat. B, XXV. 



p. 409. 



On January 25th, in Greenland Harbour, I dug out a hollow 

 that branched in two directions at 5 feet from the entrance. 

 One tunnel went in for another 6 feet, and contained at 

 the end a Spectacled Petrel [Majaqueus cequinoctialis) upon a 

 nest without an egg. The other branch had a dome-shaped 

 cavity some 18 inches from the confluence, in which sat a 

 Short-tailed Petrel without an egg. The nest indicated that 

 the bird was a fully-fledged young one. On squeezing its 

 breast there was no resistance, and not even a cry was uttered. 



ffisTRELATA MOLLIS (Gould) ; Salviu, Cat. B. XXV. p. 406. 

 Specimens were not obtained, but the birds often accom- 

 panied the brig. So far as I could recognize the species 



