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says that he " thinks it is P. grisea L." which, according to his use of this 

 name, would make it the species described in my paper upon Dr. Schlegel's 

 authority as ^-Estrelata grisea. 



21. Froc. "Forst. tab. 20," p. 145. An undetermined species. 



22. Proc. pvffinus, p. 146. = Puffinus major Fab. 



23. Proc. anglorum, p. 146. = Puffinus anglorum Temm. 

 ■ 24. Proc. obscurus, p. 147. = Vieillot's species. 



25. Proc. cinerea, " L." p. 148. Not of Linnaus or Gmelin ; but the Puffinus 

 Kuhlii Boie. 



26. Proc. munda " Banks, tab. 24," p. 148. =:rQuid? 



27. Proc. fuliginosa " Banks tab. 23," p. 143. Quite a different bird from 

 Kuhl's sp. 12. Unidentifiable by the description. By G. R. Gray identified 

 with Proc. pacifica Lath., whatever that species may be! 



28. Proc. vittata p. 149. = Prion vittatus Lacep. 



Stephens, Continuation of Shaiv's General Zoologg, xiii. (1825.) 



This work closely adheres to Gmelin's and Latham's authority. A few 

 points may profitably be examined. 



Proc. oceanicd, p. 223. Not the Oceanites oceanica (^Thalassidroma Wilsoni^hvLi 

 a species of Fregetta^ probably F. grallaria. Author refers to Forster ; to PI. 

 Enl. 993 : to Temm. Man. p. 520 ; and to Bp. Journ. Acad. Phila. v. iii. p. 8. 

 On the foUowiug page (p. 224) '■'^ Proc. Wilsoni" is presented. 



Puff, cinereus, p. 227. The synonyms adduced are chiefly those of ^rfama«<or 

 cinereus ; description applies either to this latter or to Puffinus Kuhlii Boie ; 

 the description of the young would do for Puffinus major Fab. 



Puff, fequinoctialis, p. 229. Cites Proc. pacifica Lath, as a queried synonym. 



Puff, obscurus, p. 230, is Gmelin's species. 



Genus Fulmarus instituted, p. 233. 



Fulmarus antarcticus, Steph. p. 236, is based upon Proc. glacialis va.r. B. Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. ii. p. 823, ( r— Var. A. sp. 9, p. 405, of Lath. Gen. Syn.) which is 

 the Thalassoica glacialoides. This synonym of the species was accidently 

 omitted in my paper on the Fulmarefr, and the omission not discovered until 

 too late. 



Genus Daption instituted, p. 239, with capensis as type. The author "ven- 

 tures to attach the numerous Southern Petrels described by Latham thereto," 

 producing a heterogeneous assemblage in which figure antarctica, nivea, deso- 

 lata, gelida, grisea, (of Linn, nee Kuhl, Schl.) alba, and fuliginosa ( = Latham's 

 Otaheiti; species.) 



Genus Pacliyptila " 111." adopted ; under it are arranged, besides its type 

 vittata (here called '^ Forst eri") coerulea Gm., marina Lata., fregata Linn, and 

 furcata Gm., nearly all of which are typical of distinct genera. 



Joan. Rein. Forster, Dcsct. Anim. etc. curante Henr. Lichtenstein. (1844.) 



The numerous species described and named by Forster have an important 

 bearing upon the bibliography of the Family. It is greatly to be regretted 

 that they were only published at a comparatively recent date: and that his 

 figures still remain inedited. Forster appears to have had very little regard 

 for priority in the matter of names ; but his descriptions are in the main so 

 excellent, that nearly all his species are identifiable. The following is a list 

 of the species given by him : 

 Proc. capensis, p. 20. 

 Proc. vittata, p. 21. 



Proc. fuliginosa, -p. 23. = Proc. atlantica Gould. = Pterodroma atlantica Bp. 

 ^= .^strelata fuliginosa of my paper. Not of Gm. Lath. Vieill. Not of 

 Strickland. Equals Kuhl's sp. 12 ; but not his sp. 27. 



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