Vol. XX. 

 19^0 



] AhEXATSiD-ER, Auslralian Species of Tiihiiiares. ' jy 



New Soutli Wales in ()ct()l)rr, Kjij, one of wlnVli was secured 

 (/:/;///, \v., }). J14). MacKillivray saw one wJien one day's steam 

 W.N.W. of Freniantle in May, 1917 {Emu, xix., p. 104). Si)ecimens 

 in the British Museum labelled "Port Essington " and "Coast of 

 Queensland " respectively cannot be regarded as autlientic in 

 the abs(Mice of any further account of their origin (4, p. 360), but 

 the Macleay Museum has a specimen collected 25 miles off Port 

 Bovven, Queensland, on 27th May, i.S;^ {Aiislral Avian Record, 

 iii., p. 95). 



The type locality of the species is the South Atlantic, off the 

 coast of Brazil. Mathews separates "the form found in Austral- 

 asian seas as O. 0. cxcisperatiis. 



Sub-genus Gayyvdiu. 

 Occanitcs nereis (Gould).. Grey-backed Storm-Petrel. 



This species was obseryed by Gould in considerable numbers 

 near the eastern entrance of Bass Strait in May, i8j(j, and the 

 type was collected by him on that occasion (i, p. 476). The 

 species had previously been obtained by Solander in April, 1770, 

 rather further to the eastward (7, p. 17). J. Macgillivray, during 

 the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, obtained one off the coast of 

 New South Wales in July, and another in lat. 43"^' S., long. 140 E. 

 (4. p. 362). 



Mathews has separated sub-specifically birds from other countries. 



Genus Pelagodroma. 

 Pclagodroma inayina (Latham). White-faced Storm-Petrel. 



This species breeds on islands off the coasts of New South Wales, 

 Victoria, Tasmania, and Western Australia, and in Bass Strait.' 

 On the east coast its range extends as far north as the Tweed 

 River (8, p. 356), and on the west coast to Houtman's Abrolhos 

 (I, p. -482). 



The type locality of the species is the South Atlantic, off the 

 coast of Brazil. Mathews separates sub-specifically the East 

 Australian birds as P. m. howei, the Western Australian as P. m. 

 dnlcicc. 



Genus. Fregctta. 

 Sub-genus Fregetta. 

 Fyegetta tyopiea (Gould). Black-bdlied Storm-Petrel. 



Gould states that he saw specimens of this species almost daily 

 in August and September, 1839, from St. Paul and Amsterdam 

 Islands to his arrival in Tasmania (i, p. 479). Giglioli records 

 them from lat. 33° S. long. 101° E. till off Cape Otway, on the 

 voyage of the Magenta (6, p. 62). The only authentic specimens 

 procured in Australian waters appear to be one obtained by J. 

 Macgillivray during the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, in lat. 43° S. 

 long. 140° E. (4, p. 364), and one in the Macleay Museum, obtained 

 oft" the New South Wales coast in May, 1875 (Ausiyal Avian 

 Recoyd, iii., p. 95). 



The type locality of the species is the South Atlantic. Birds 

 from the South Indian Ocean were described by Gould as a 



