AVES — PUFFINID^. 



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" So far as I can ascertain, there is no authentic account of the breedine- 

 habits of this Shearwater ; and the eggs which do duty in the cabinets of 

 collectors as belonging to it are almost always those of Puffinus kuhliy 

 (H. E. Dresser, Bds. Europe, VIII. p. 531, 1877.) 



PuFFiNUS GRiSEUS (Gmclin). 



Grey Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. III. pt. 2. p. 399 (1785). 



Procellaria grisens, Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 564 (1788). 



Nedris amattrosojtia, Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil., p. 47 (1868: Coast 



of Chile, common); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 500 (Coquimbo, Aug.); 



iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 149 (1873: Chile). 

 Puffimts griseus, Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 386 (1896: Straits 



of Magellan); Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 312 (Corral); Sharpe, Hand-List 



Bds. I. p. 124 (1899: Straits of Magellan) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. 



Sammelr. Vog. p. 18 (1900: Straits of Magellan) ; Nicoll. Ibis, 1904, 



p. 51 (Valparaiso, abundant). 



Fig. tj. 



PuffiiiHS grisens. Profile of head. From 

 material in the British Museum, y^ natural 

 size. 



Fig. 7^. 



Puffinus grisens. Head from above. 

 From material in the British Museum. 

 V^ natural size. 



General desription. 



Size. Adult Male. — Total length, about 18 inches. 



Wing, 12 inches. 



Tail, central rectrices, 3.5 inches ; lateral rectrices, 2.7 inches. 



