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KIX(;H(3RX & CAYLEY, Storm Petrels. 



rThe Emu 

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Conclusions. — W'itli the tliree specimens, A, B, and C, before 

 us, which we have critically compared with Mathews' descrip- 

 tions of his F. royaniis, F. iiuioniinatits, F. i)isitlaris, and F. 

 aUsteri}'^ we conclude that they, as well as Mathews' specimens, 

 are all referable to the one si)ecies, each being in ditterent stages 

 of moult or age or both. \\t have ])leasure in proposing the 

 vernacular name — Vieillot Storm- Petrel — for this si)ecies. 



Notes|from Paris relatixg to Vikillot's Type 

 vSince comi)iling this paper we have been very fortunate in 

 getting into touch with ]\Ionsieur J. Berlioz, of the Paris 



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Museum, and we are \cry grateful to liini for the trouble he 

 has gone to in making C()m])arisons for us, and in supi)lying 

 us with the information which we sought. 



Unfortunately he was unable to i>rocure photographs of 

 Vieillot's type of Freyetta (/rallaria {Frcc/ctiornls firallarlits), 

 but he drew the accompanying text figures from the tyi)e speci- 

 men, adding that : "As the si)ecimen was mounted, and rather 

 badly iu-ei)ared, it was impossible to say whether the extended 

 feet did or did not reach to the end of the tail." The reason 

 for the absence of scutellation on the tarsus of his text figure 

 is, that the legs and feet of the type were so covered in varnish 

 that it was not possible to distinguish the scutes sufficiently, but 



