356 Mr. O. Calvin— Critical 



Nectris carneipes, Coues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1864^ 

 p. 126. 



Sir W. Buller^s collection contains a specimen wliich 

 appears to me to belong undoubtedly to this species ; the 

 only other examples which I have seen arc from Hakodate 

 [Henson), in Northern Japan. The latter only differ in 

 being in rather older^ and in more worn plumage, the New 

 Zealand bird being freshly moulted. These additional loca- 

 lities show that this bird has a much wider range than has 

 hitherto been suspected. Gould's types came from Cape 

 Leewin, S.W. Australia. 



The bird is rare in collections, and we have considerable 

 doubts as to the correct determination of those stated to be 

 in the Leyden and other museums (cf. Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 vi. ProceUaria, p. 26) ; the Leyden birds should, I believe, 

 be referred to Puffinus griseus (Gm.). 



tPuFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS. 



Procellaria tenuirostris , Temm. PI. Col. livr. 99 (1835). 



Puffinus tenuirostris, Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 462. 



Puffinus hrevicaudus, Brandt (1836) ; Gould^ B. Austr. vii. 

 p. 56; Buller, B. N. Zeal. p. 315. 



It seems well established that P. hrevicaudus of the Aus- 

 tralian and New-Zealand Seas does not differ from P. tenui- 

 rostris of Japan. The latter name has priority (see Salvadori, 

 I.e.). 



- Puffinus gavia. 



Procellaria gavia, Forst. Descr. An. p. 148 (1844). 



Puffinus gavia, Buller, B. N. Zeal. p. 318. 



Sir W. Buller's collection contains a specimen referred to 

 this species, which is the first I have seen answering to 

 Forster's description. It has a general resemblance to 

 P. opisthomelas , Cones, as regards the colour of its plumage, 

 but may at once be distinguished by its pure white under 

 tail-coverts. 



Of P. opisthomelas I have before me a careful drawing 

 prepared from one of the types obtained off the coast of 

 Lower California, and lent me by the authorities of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



