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



Coues), newelli Heiishaw, suhalaris Ridgway, gavia 

 Forster ( = reinholdi Mathews), persicus Hume, obscurus 

 Gm. (= Ihermmieri Lesson), auduboni Fiusch, nssimilis 

 Gould, elegans Gigiioli & Salvadori, bailloni Bp. { = baroli 

 Bp.), carneipes Gould, griseus Gmel., tenuirostris Temni., 

 and nativitatis Streets. The first-named has a peculiar 

 style of coloration j but all the rest are either uniform 

 above and white below, or uniform above and below. 



Our classification would read : — 



Genus Calonectris, no v. 



leucomelas (Temminck). 



kuhli (Boie). 

 Genus Ardenna Reichenbach. 



gravis (O^Reilly). 



creatopa (Coues). 

 Genus Pvffinus Brisson. 



puffinus (Briinnich). 



couesi Mathews. 



opisthomelas Coues. 



newelli Henshaw. 



nativitatis Streets. 

 Reinholdia Mathews. 



reinholdi (Mathews). 

 Alphapvffinus Mathews. 



assimilis (Gould). 



Iherminiei'i (Lesson). 



persicus (Hume). 

 Hemipuffinus Iredale. 



carneipes (Gould). 

 Thyellodroma Stejneger. 



pacijica (Gmeliu). 



cuneata (Salvin). 



bulleri (Salvin). 

 Neonectris Mathews. 



tenuirostris (Temminck). 



griseus (Gmeliu). 



