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, IV. NECTRIS Bp. (emend. Forst.) 



Sizo moderate ; nnicolor, fuliginous ; feet pali' ; bill lon;r, slender, mucli 

 hooked ; nasal tubes short, flat, very obliquely truncated ; tail long, rounded ; 

 tarsus about equal to middle toe without claw, (vix nisi colore fuliginoso 

 genere PaJ/ino differre videturl) 



8. N. FULiGiNosus Keys, et Bias. 



Piijf. fnlUjinoKua, Strickl. et auct. (sed non Proc.fuligiiiosns, Gm., Lath., 



Vit-ill., qua; species ^^ 7'liaJassio i^^ nee Banks, [tab. 19;] nee Kuhl, 



[sp. 12] qua3 Pterodroma at/antica, Gould.) Piiffinus major foem ! 



Tenim. Puff", cinereus foem ! Gould. 



Bill concolor witii plumage; feet brownish black, internal face of tarsus and 



the webs dusky yellowish. Length IS inches, wing 12, bill 2-00. North 



Atlantic. 



9. N. AMADKOSOMA Coues, nov. sp. 



Bill concolor with plumage ; feet fleshy white, outer side of tarsus and 

 outer toe tinged with dusky ; inferior wing coverts mostly white ; wing 11 

 inches, tail 4-2.'5, bill 1"70. Pacific coast of N. Amer. 



10. N. C.VRNEIPES Bp. 



Puff- carneipps, Gould. Proc. carneipex, Schlegel. Majaqneus cirneipes, 

 Reich. *'' Puff, cinereus, jav. Smith." '^ Ni'ctris r/ama, Bp." 

 Bill fleshy white, culmen and tips dusky ; legs, feet and membranes yel- 

 lowish flesh color. Length 15 inches ; length of bill, feet, wings, tail, much 

 the same Rsfult(jinosus. Australian seas. 



11. N. TENUIROSTEIS Bp. 



Proc. tcnuirostris, Temm. Puff- tenuirosiris, Temm. et Schleg. " P. 



curiliciis, P. tristis, Musseorum." 



Very small ; bill excessively weak and slender ; wing 10 inches, tail 3"50, 



bill 1*20, tarsus 1-90. Bill dusky greenish yellow ; feet yellowish ; posterior 



edge of tarsus and under surface of webs blackish. White under wings as 



in amaurosoma. Japan. 



12. N. BREVICAUDOS Bp. 



Pnff. brevicaiuhts, Brandt. Majaqueu> hrevicaudus, Reich. 

 " Blackish fuliginous, lighter beneath ; bill black, yellowish at base ; feet 

 cinereous, webs yellow." (Bp.) " Australian seas." Gould, [species mihi 

 ignota] 



V. PUFFINDS Briss. 



Moderate and small in size, bieolor, above brown or cinereus, below white. 

 Wings very long and pointed; tail long, rounded. Feet very large; tarsus 

 shorter lluin middle toe and claw ; bill long, rather slender, compressed 

 hooked; nasal tubes short, flat, obliquely truncated; nasal septum broad, nos- 

 trils oval. 



13. P. Kdhlii Boie. 



Froc. jm^^nus, 'Temm., Vieill. [1828] ; et al, auct. Europ. ; sed non Linn, 

 quae P. anglorum, Ray. Proc. sive Puff, cinereus, Cuv., Temm., Kuhl., 

 Sclileg., Degl. et al. auct. Europ. fere omnium ; sed non Gm., Lath.', 

 Vieill., Lawr. quae Adamastor cinereus, Mihi; nee Aububou et auct. 

 Amer. quae P. major. Fab. 

 Bill yellow, its nasal tubes more elevated, compressed and vertically trun- 

 cated thaii usual in this genus. Above light brownish ash or cinereous, each 

 feather with a lighter margin, nebulatedand undulated with pure white on sides 

 of head and neck ; posterior upper tail coverts ;ind wliole under parts, includ- 

 ing under surfaces of wings and nil the under tail coverts, pure white. Tail 

 almost cuneiform ; feet weak and slender, yellowish ; outer toe and claw 

 longer than middle do. North Atlantic Ocean only. 



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