^'^'i'(2o^] Aijcxanui-;r, Auslraliaii Sprrics of '/'iihiiiares. 2^ 



of (uiu'liii's P. iiirltnio/^iis. wiiich w;is "said to inlialiil North 

 Anu'rica " ((), \). 5S). I'lir (Icsciapt i(.ii seems to nie to he .^ood 

 cnoui^h to rrmo\-e ah reasoiiahle doiiht, lieiice 1 think (iiiielin's 

 name sliould he used lor this species. 



Sub-genus .Estrelata. 



The name .Estrelatii more often spelt (Hs/yc/ala has commonl\' 

 been used for the genus, but Plcroiiviniia lias prioritw as it occurs 

 earlier on the same page. 



The type of Pterodroma is Procellayia luacropicrd. Smith, whilst 

 that of Mstrelata is P. hasitata (Kuhl), so that those who do not 

 consider tliese species congeneric can use both names. 

 Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot). Whitedieaded or Lesson Petrel or 

 Fulmar. 



This species is not uncommon ckning the winter in the seas to 

 the south of Australia, and specimens have been obtained in 

 Australian waters by Solander (7, p. 156), Gould (i, p. 452), and 

 Capt. Stanley, of H.M.S. Rattlesnake (4, p. 401). Capt. Hutton 

 records meeting witli it from long. 102° 41' E. until his arrival 

 in New Zealand (0, p. 182). W. Macgillivray observed it in the 

 Southern Indian Ocean and the western part of the Bight in June, 

 191Q {Emu, xix., pp. 172-174) I observed specimens in the eastern 

 part of the Bight on 23rcl March, 1919, during a voyage from 

 Melbourne to Fremantle. Specimens have been obtained on the 

 east coast at Sydney and on the west coast at Cottesloe {Emu, 

 XV., p. 196), and one blown inland was found on the Richmond 

 River, N.S.W., in June, 1879. 



The type locality of the species is Cape Hoin. Mathews has 

 made a specimen obtained at Sydney the type of a sub-species 

 named australis. 



Pterodroma mollis (Gould). Soft-plumaged or Downy Petrel or 

 Shearwater. 



Giglioli met with this species on the voyage of the Ma^^enia in 

 Australian waters until he arrived off Port Phillip Heads. I 

 observed birds which I believe were of this species in the western 

 part of the Bight on 24th March, 1919. A specimen picked up 

 dead on the beach at Cottesloe, W.A., by Mr. F. L. Stronach, on 

 8th August, 1919, is now in the W.A. Museum. In the British 

 Museum is a specimen presented by Capt. Beckett, labelled 

 " N.W. Australia," and three presented by Sir George Grey 

 labelled " S. Australia," but these were probably obtained at 

 sea. The species was added to the Australian list by Gould on 

 the expectation that it would be found in Australian seas, though 

 he definitely stated that he had not observed it there. It was 

 removed from the list by Mathews in 1913, as no authentic Aus- 

 tralian specimens were known. After more than 50 years Gould's 

 expectation has been fulfilled, and the species can be restored to 

 the list on the strength of the Cottesloe specimen. 



The type locality of the species is the South Atlantic, and no 

 sub-species have been differentiated. 



