583 Messrs. G. M. Mathews and T. Iredale on some 



In New Zealand live : 



Puffinus griseus. Genus Neonectrift. 



carneipes. Hemipt(ffi,nus. 



assimilis. Alpha pxiffiniis. 



reinholdi. Reinholdia. 



In East Australia live : 



Puffinus pacificus. Genus Thyellodroma. 



reinholdi. Reinholdia. 



In West Australia live : 



Puffinus pacijicus. Genus Thyellodroma 

 carneipes. Hemipuffinus. 



assimilis. Alphapuffinus. 



From Bannermau's paper (Ibis, 1914) we find a similar 

 distribution of birds in the North Atlantic. From the 

 table on p. 413 we note that from the Azores, Madeira, 

 Desertas, Porto Santo, Salvages, and Canary Islands 

 breeding-records cover 



Puffinus kuhli. Genus Calonech'is. 



jmffinus. Puffinus. 



assimilis. Alphapuffinus. 



While from the Cape Verde Islands are recorded 

 Pvffinus kuhli. Genus Calonectris. 



Iherminieri . Alphapuffin us. 



In the present collection Ave have breeding at the 

 Pescadores Islands, between Formosa and the mainland : 

 Puffinus leucomelas. Genus Calonectris. 

 griseus. Neonectris. 



cuneatus. Thyellodroma. 



AVhile from the Bonin Group we have : 



Puffinus cuneatus. Genus Thyellodroma. 



bannermani. Puffinus. 



It might be argued that what we have here considered 

 genera are only species ; we would note, however, that there 

 are other species belonging to most of the genera, and where 



