344 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



press, charges collect, the skeleton of (Estrelata lessoni, and I hope it 

 will reach you in good condition and answer your purpose. 



" I have delayed the sending that we might examine our alcoholic 

 material. This has now been done, and I regret that we have no 

 specimens of Puffinns or (Estrelata. 



" Yours truly, 



[Signed] Samuel Henshaw, 



Director." 



I was surprised to find that the specimen was a most carefully 

 mounted onc,'^ and I felt all the more grateful for the unusual cour- 

 tesy extended. At once I compared it with the descriptions of Forbes 

 of Mstrelata lessoni, and found that it must have belonged to a much 

 smaller and entirely different species.^ ' This being the case, I wrote 

 Professor Henshaw for particulars, receiving the following reply: 



" October 28, 1915. 

 '■ Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, 



" Washington, D. C. 

 "Dear Sir: Answering your letter in regard to the skeleton of 

 (Estrelata lessoni, I regret that the data may not prove wholly satis- 

 factory. 



" It was bought by yiv. Agassiz in January, 1884, of Prof. H. A. 

 Ward. The only locality recorded is New Zealand. 



■■ The entry in the catalogue is in the hand of Dr. J. A. Allen. 

 " Yours truly, 



[Signed] Samuel Henshaw^ 



Director." 



Matters having proceeded thus far, I invited Mr. Austin H. Clark, 

 of the U. S. National Museum, to examine the material with me, an 



■4 I have since made a good negative of this bird, and it will be described 

 further on in this paper. 



5 Forbes, William Alexander. " Report on the Anatomy of the Petrels 

 (Tubinares) Collected during the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger," Vol. IV, 

 Pt. XI, p. T. (Plates XII-XXIV.) See also "The Scientific Papers of W. A. 

 Forbes," pp. 363-440 (plates with same numbers). The skull of " CEstrelata 

 lessoni " (3 views) are presented on Plate XXII. It is very considerably 

 larger than the skull of the specimen I received from the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, which is numbered 1429. 



