150 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



(Natural History of Kerguelen Island, J. H. Kidder, M.D., Bull. no. 3, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. p. 13, 1876.) 



In his notes on the Falkland Islands Mr. R. Vallentin writes: "only 

 a visitor, being invariably driven into the numerous fiords and harbours 

 by stress of weather. I have frequently seen two or three of these birds 

 flying in Stanley harbour when there was a strong wind blowing. Occa- 

 sionally, one bird, bolder than its companions, would rest on the water 

 near the slaughter-house, and eagerly devour the refuse. But even then 

 the bird would not allow one to get within fifty yards of it, so I was never 

 able to examine it closely. I have never heard of this species nesting on 

 these islands." 



Genus DAPTION Stephens. 



Type. 

 Daption, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. p. 239 (1826); 



Bp. Consp. Av. II. p. 188 (1855); Coues, Proc. Acad. 



Sci. Philad. 1866, p. 162 ; Forbes, Voy. Chall. Zool. iv. 



pt. XI. p. 42, &c (1882) ; Shufeldt, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



VII. p. 378 (1887) ; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. 



p. 428, (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 127 (1899) D. capensjs. 



Geographical Range. — Southern Oceans. 



Daption capensis (Linnaeus). 



Procellaria capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 132 (1758) ; King, Zool. Journ. 



IV. p. 104 (1829: Straits of Magellan) ; Pelz. Reis. Novara. Vog. p. 



146 (1865: Valparaiso and Cape Horn). 

 Pintado Petrel, Forst. Voy. I. p. 489 (Falkland Islands) ; Lath. Gen. Syn. 



III. pt. 2, p. 403 (1785: ex Forst). 

 Le Petrel blanc et noir ou Damier, Pernet. Voy. II. p. 72. 

 Daption capensis, Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 222 (Valdivia) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 



1 88 1, p. 12 (Tres Montes, May: St. Ambrose, July); Vincig. Boll. 



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



Oiseaux, pp. 159, 332 (1891: Straits of Magellan, Oct.: Coast of 



Patagonia, Sept.) ; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 428 (1896) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 127 (1899); Carbajal, La Patagonia, 



Part II. p. 277 (1900); Martins, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 



19 (1900: Straits of Magellan) ; Oates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. 



