Aves. 143 



Nos. 23, 24, i . 25, ? ad. 42^ 23' S.L., 20" 32' E.L., Oct. 24th, 

 1898. {N. H.) 



All the five specimens recorded above have been examined by me. 

 Two were caught on the 19th of October, 1898, and Mr. Hanson 

 thought that he had procured Puffinns kuhli (vide supra, p. 81). He 

 says that the Pvffinuf^ {P. kuhli ?) captured on this date were 

 " ashy-grey on the body, but for the rest exactly like Pufjinus 

 major.'" 



Three more specimens were obtained on the 24th of October with 

 the mass of Petrels of different kinds obtained on that day. On the 

 25th they were " about in hundreds " (see Hanson App. to Borch- 

 grevink's book, p. 321) (vide supra, p. 81). 



THALASSCECA, Eeichenb. 



ThALASSCECA ANTARCTICA. 



Procellaria antarctiea, Gm., Syst. Nat., I., p. 565 (1788). 



Thalassoeca antarctiea, Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., 1866, pp. 31, 192 ; 

 Salv., P. Z. IS., 1878, p. 737 (Ice Barrier, Jan.) ; Buller, B. N. Zeal., 2nd ed., 

 p. 229 (1888); yd., ' lUs,' 1894, p. 498 (Antarctic ice- barrier, Feb.); 8alvin, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXV., p. 392 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-list B., I., p. 125 

 (1899) ; Piacovitza, Vie des Animaux Antarct., p. 18 (1900) ; Saunders, 

 Antarctic Manual, Birds, pp. 229, 236 (1901); Bernacchi, S. Polar Eegions, 

 pp. 62, 315 (1901). 



Priocella antarctiea, Sharpe, V03'. ' Erebus ' and ' Terror,'' App., p. 37, pi. 33 

 (1875). 



Brown-backed Petrel, Borchgrevink, First Antarctic Cont., ]ip. 55, 64, 120, 220, 

 226 (1901); Hanson, antea, pp. 84, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 98, 104. 



49 I. ^ ad. Pack-ice, 62" 52' S.L., 159° 29' E.L., Dec. 31st, 

 1898. 



Iris dark brown ; bill brown ; feet and webs light grey. 



50 I. ^ ad. Ditto ditto. (H. B. Evans.) 



51 I. $ ad. Ditto ditto. [n. Hanson.) 

 a. ^ ad. Cape Adare. April 27th, 1899. 



The last specimen is much darker than the other three, especially 

 on the throat, where the colour is dark Ijrown, even on to the sides of 

 the fore-neck. 



Of the range of the Antarctic Petrel, Mr. Howard Saunders gives 

 the following account : — " It was found by the ' Erebus ' and * Terror ' 

 Expedition as far as Lat. 77M9' S. in Long. 181° 10' E. It seems to 

 occur along the ice-border, but I cannot find any definite account of 



