20 Alexander, Australian Species of Titbinares. [,st juiv 



having 'given this name to a bird from Shark Bay, W.A. Gould 

 subsequently described specimens from Houtman's Abrolhos, 

 W.A., as P. sphenurus. Mathews has shown that Gmelin's earlier 

 name of P. pacificiis almost certainly applies to this species, and 

 he has designated the Kermadec Islands as the type locality. 

 For the West Australian race he uses the name of chlororhynchits, 

 and designates the East Austrahan birds P. p. royaniis. 



[Pitfmiis leucomelas (Temminck). White-fronted or Streaked 

 Shearwater or Petrel. 

 A specimen of this bird is in the British Museum labelled 

 "Coast of N.E. Australia" (4, p. 370). It was collected by 

 Cockerel], and, as the localities given by this collector are known 

 to be unreliable, it cannot be admitted to the list until another is 

 obtained. The species has been obtained in the Philippines, 

 Borneo, and the Moluccas, so it is not improbable that it some- 

 times visits the north coast of Australia.] 



Sub-genus Hemipufinus. 

 Piiffniiis carncipes, Gould. Fleshy-footed Petrel, Shearwater, or 

 Mutton-Bird. 

 This species breeds on islands off the south coast of Western 

 Australia from Cape Leeuwin to the Recherche Archipelago. 

 Specimens have been obtained as far north as Cottesloe, on the 

 west coast [Emu, xvii., p. 40)" and as far to the east as South 

 Australia [Emu, xviii., p. 61).' The type locality for the species 

 is Cape Leeuwin, and Mathews separates the birds found in other 

 localities as distinct sub-species. 



Sub-genus Neoncdris. 

 Pnffiniis grisens (GmeUn). Sombre or Sooty Petrel, Shearwater, 

 or Mutton-Bird. 

 This species has been found breeding on Broughton Island, 

 New South Wales [Emu, xiv., p. 97), and several specimens have 

 been picked up dead on the .beach near Sydney (7, p. 93). The 

 type locality of the species is New Zealand, and Mathews has 

 separated the Australian birds under the name of nutcheri {Aitairal 

 Avian Record, iii., p. 54). 



Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck). Short-tailed Petrel, Shear- 

 water, or Mutton-Bird. 



This species breeds on islands in Bass Strait and off the coasts 

 of Tasmania, Victoria, and South Australia. 



The type locality of the species is Japan, and Mathews regards 

 the Bass Strait breeding bird as sub-specifically distinct, using for 

 it Gould's name of hrevicaiidiis. Hull has described two other 

 sub-species from the coast of New South Wales — graniianiis from 

 Ulladulla and inlcrnicdius from Cabbage-tree Island, Port Stephens. . 

 Mathews regards specimens in liis collection from the Barrier 

 Reef, Queensland, and Phillip Island, Victoria, as belonging to 

 the latter race. 



