MAJAQUEUS J]:QUIN0CTIALIS. 



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the water with a broken wing. The individual secured vomited copi- 

 ously, as soon as wounded, an immense mass of undigested blood, fat, 

 and intestines. The preparation and preservation of its skin was any- 

 thing but a pleasant job, and, indeed, they are the filthiest birds by far 

 found on the island. I have never heard any sound from the Nelly, nor 

 did I find any eggs. I never saw them attack other living birds, but 

 have found them several times eating carrion. 



MAJAQUEUS .EQUINOCTIALIS, (Lmn.) Reich. 

 " Stinker " of whalers. 



Trocellaria wquinoctialis, LixxiEUS, Syst. Nat. i, 1766, p. 213. 



Gmklix, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, p. 564. 



Latham, lud. Orn. ii, 1790, 821. 



And of authors generally. 

 Procdlaria cequ'moxialis, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv, 1817, p. 422. 

 Friofiiius wqiiiiioctialis, " HoMBR. tt Jacq." 

 Majaqueus cequinoctiaUs, Reiciienbach, Syst. Av. pi. 20, f. 340, 341. 



BoXAPAKTE, Cousp. Av. ii, 1856, p. 200. 



CouES, Proc. Acad, Nat, Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 118. 

 Piiffinus capitis hona^-spei, Brisson, Orn. vi, 1760, p. 137. 

 Procellaria nigra, Forster, Descr. An., ed. Licht. 1844, p. 26. 



List of specimens, with measurements. 



Bill worn (apparently) to greenish-white, remaining black in sutures 

 Upper mandible strongly hooked ; lower much less so. Nostrils tnbu 

 lar, distinct, and inclosed in a separate horny sheath. Upper mandible 

 composed of four pieces ; lower, of three. No cere. 



Iris black. 



Head black, excepting a white spot around base of lower mandible, 

 and for one inch below and behind it. 



Body generally black ; a small tuft of white feathers on abdomen. 



Tail, middle feathers longest. 



Tarsus aud/00^ greenish-black and scutellated. 



Claws black. Distinct hind claw. 



