AVES PUFFINID^. 1 47 



Subfamily Fulmarin^. 



Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 422 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-List 

 Eds. I. p. 127 (1899). 



Genus OSSIFRAGA Hombron & Jacquinot. 



Type. 



Ossifraga, Hombron & Jacquinot, Compt. Rend, xviii. p. 

 356 (1844); Jacq. & Puch. Voy. Pdle Sud. Zool. iii. p. 

 148, pi. 32, figs. 39-42 (1853); Bonap. Consp. Av. II. 

 p. 186 (1855); Coues, Proc. Acad. Sci. Philad. 1866, p. 

 31 ; Forbes, Voy. Chall. Zool. IV. pt. XI. p. 42, etc. 

 (1882); Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 422 

 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 127 (1899) . . O. gigantea. 



Geographical Range. — Southern Oceans, north to 30° south latitude. 



OSSIFRAGA GIGANTEA (Gmclin). 



Quebrantahttesos, Bougainv. Voy. Autour du monde, p. 63 (Tierra del 



Fuego: Falkland Islands). 

 Giant Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. III. pt. 2, p. 396, pi. 100 (1785: Staaten 



Island). 

 Mouton, Pernetty, Voy. I. p. 15, pi. VIII, fig. 3. 

 Procellaria gigantea, Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 563 (1788: ex Lath.); King, 



Zool. Journ. IV. p. 104 (1829: Straits of Magellan); Darw. Voy. 



Beagle, Birds, p. 139 (1841 : Port San Antonio: Port St. Julian: 



Sea Lion Island: Mouth of Santa Cruz: Port Famine); Des Murs 



in Gay's Hist. Chil. Zool. I. p. 475 (1847); Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 



164 (Falkland Islands); Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 46 (1868); 



Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 248 (1888: 



Straits of Magellan). 

 Ossifraga gigantea, Jacq. & Puch. Voy. Pdle Sud. Zool. iii. p. 139 (1853) ; 



Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 149 (1873: Falkland Islands); 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 11 (Tom Bay, Straits of Magellan, 



April); Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 431 (Coquimbo Bay, Nov.); Vincig. 



Boll. Soc. Geogr. Ital. (2) IX. p. 799 (1884); Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap 



Horn, Oiseaux, pp. 158, 332 (1891 : Straits of Magellan : Patagonia: 



