- 79 — 



187; Buller, B. N. Zeal. 18S8 2iid ed. II, 59. — Bruchigavia pomare Bp. Coiisp. 18.o6 II, 229: r.Vny. B. 

 Trop. Is. 57. — Gelastes gouldi Bp.^ Naiim. 1854, 216: J<ni<tn. Mem. Soe. Cherb. 1863 IX, 239. — Gelastes 

 corallinus Bp. ib. 212, 216. — Gelastes andersoni Bp. ib. 212. — ? Larus sp, Lay. Ibis 1876, 393. — „Maal", 

 Lifu (Lay.). 



New Caledonia (Forst., Vcrr., Lay.). — Loijalty Is. : Lifu (Lay.). — Fiji Is. {Klelnschm.) y — 

 (?) Society Is. (Mainz Mils.) — Australia. 



Another Larus sp. is described by M. Jouan (Mem. Soc. S. N. Cherb. IX, 240) from a specimen 

 in M. Marie's collection. It is not included by the latter in his list of New Caledonian birds (I. c). 



384. (*?) Lestris hardyi. 



Lestris hardyi Bp. Consp. 1856 II, 210; id. C. R. 1856 XLII. 770; Gray. \i. Trop. Is. 57. — 

 Stercorarius cephus, pt. 'ScM. Mus. P. B. Lari 1863, 49. — Stercorarius hardyi Gray, H. L. 1871 III, 110 

 no. 10939. — (?) Lestris sp. Finsc/t, Ibis 1880, 431. 



Set ween the I^hillppine and Sandwich Islands iBp.). — (;*) Gilbert Is. (Finsch). 



385. Fregetta melanogastra. 



Procellaria grallaria LJrht. (nee Vieill) Verz. Doubl. Berl. Mus. 1823, 83: id. in Forst. Descr. An. 

 180. — Procellaria fregata Forst. Descr. An. 1844, 180. — Thalassidroma melanogastra Gld. Ann. N. H. 

 1844 XIII, 367; id. B. Austr. 1848 VII, pi. 65. 7- Fregetta oceanica Bp. — Fregetta melanogastra Bp. 

 Oonsp. 1856 II, 198; id. C. R. XLI, 1112; XLII, 769; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 56; 0«,e,v, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, 87; 

 Buller., B. N. Zeal. 1888 2nd ed. II, 249. — Procellaria melanogastra Schl. Mus. P. B. Procell. 1863, 6. 



Societi) Is.: Tahiti (Forst.}. — Australian Seas. 



386. (*?) Fregetta albogularis. 



Fregetta tropica Bp. (nee Gld) C. R. 1855 XLI, 1112; /-/. Consp. 1856 \\, 197: Gray. B. Trop. 

 Is. 56; Coues.^ Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, 85, ? pt. — Thalassidroma albogularis Macgill. M. S. — Procellaria tropica 

 Schl. (nee Gld.) Mus. P. B. Procell. 1863, 4. — Procellaria torquata Gray (nee Macgill.) H. L. Ill, 104 

 (fide Salvin). — Procellaria albigularis Finsch, P. Z." S. 1877, 722. — Oceanites tropica, pt., Sharpe , Transit. 

 Venus Exp. 30. — Procellaria albogularis Ramsay, Pr. L. Soc. N. S. \V. VII, 113. — Fregetta albogularis 

 Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, 130; Forbes, Voy. Chall. 1881 IV pt. XI, 56; id. Sc. Papers, 428 (note). — „Pitau'-, 

 Marquesas Is. (E. Jardine). ■ — „Nichitterin'', Aneiteum (Macgill.), 



Fiji Is.: Kandavu (Kleinschm.)., Viti Levu, Ovalau (Boyd). — Xeiv Hebrides: Aneiteum (Macgill.). 

 — Pltoeni.ic Is. [Lister). — Marquesas Is. (Jardine). 



387.* Fregetta moestissima. 



Fregetta moestissima Sal v. P. Z. S. 1879, 130. — ^Seu-ta-peau", Samoa (I'owell). 

 Samoa Is. — all the (Pmoell). 



388. Puffinus obscurus. 

 Dusky Petrel L^th. Gen. Syn. Ill, 416. — Procellaria obscura Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 559; Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. II, 828; Bechst. Lath. Uebers. Ill, 364; IV, 500; Vieill. N. Diet. 1817 XXV, 423. — Puffinus obscurus 

 Bp. Synop. 1828, 371 ; 5;;. Consp. II, 204; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 55; Schl. Mus. P. B. Procell. 1863, 30; Chues, 

 Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, 137; H.etF. P. Z. S. 1872, 110, 112; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 40; id. P. Z. 

 S. 1877, 786; Salvin, ib. 1879, 131; Finsch. J. f. 0. 1880, 295, 309; id. Ibis 1880, 430; 1881, 109. 113; 

 Schmellz, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 1881, 353; Forbes, Voy. Chall. 1881 IV, pt. 11, 5-47: Sahiu. Ibis 1888, 357; 

 lUdler, B. New Zeal. 1888 2nd ed. II, 238; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 5. — Puffinus dichrous F. H H. Orn. 

 Centralpol. 1867, 244; iid. P. Z. S. 1872, 108, 112; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 44; Tristr. Cat. Coll. 

 B. 5: Lister. P. Z. S. 1891, 300. — Puffinus opisthomelas var. minor llartl. P. Z. S. 1867, 832. — Puffinus 

 opisthomelas Ilartl. (nee Coues) P. Z. S. 1868, 9, 118; Cat. Mus. Godef. 1869 IV, 7. — Puffinus optatus 

 //. et F. M. S. ; Cat. Mus. Godef. 1874 V, 15 (fide Finsch). — Puffinus tenebrosus Natterer, M. S. ; Peh. Ibis 

 1873, 47 f. 1; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 40. — Schwarzlicher Sturmvogel, Kittl. Reise I, 358? — 

 ^Kokajo", Pelew Is. (Kubary). — „Taio", Samoa (rowcll). — „Teiko', Niuafou illnbncr). 



