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Pelagodroma marina. Lath. (White-faced Storm-Petrel), PI. 15. — 

 Thalassidroma fregata {nee L.), BuUer's " Birds of New Zealand," p. 

 321 (1873). 



Pealea lineata, Peale (Peale Storm-Petrel), PI. 16. — Only three 

 specimens are known. One was presented to the British Museum by 

 Mr. G. Carrick Steet, who procured it in the neighbourhood of Banks 

 Peninsula, New Zealand. Bonaparte mentions the specimen in the 

 Paris Museum as having been procured in 1829, during the voyage of 

 the Astrolabe, off the East Cape, in the North Island. 



Cymodroma melanogaster, Gould (Black-bellied Storm-Petrel), 

 PI. 17. — A very full discussion is given of this species. 



Cymodroma grallaria, Vieill. (White-bellied Storm-Petrel). — 

 This has been found in several localities near the Australian coasts, 

 but has not yet been recorded from New Zealand, and probably has 

 escaped recognition. 



PuFFiNUS bulleri, Salvin (BuUer Shearwater), PI. 23. — Six 

 examples of this rare bird are now known. It is interesting to find 

 that it has been recorded from Point Pinos, California. 



PuFFiNUS CHLORORHYNCHUS, Lesson (Wedge-tailed Shearwater), 

 PI. 24. — This is the same as P. carneipes (nee Gould), Cheeseman, and 

 one of the Mutton-Birds of Australian naturalists. The bird has a 

 long and intricate synonymy. 



PuFFiNUS OBSCURUS, Gm. (Dusky Shearwater), PI. 34. — A specimen 

 is recorded from New Zealand, but Sir Walter Buller was never able 

 to confirm its existence here. It is, however, common further north in 

 the Pacific. 



PuFFiNUs GAViA, Forster (Forster Shearwater), PI. 32. — Tliis bird 

 was discovered in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, during the 

 voyage of Captain Cook, but was not described until 1844. This is 

 the North Island Mutton-Bird, and they are taken by the Maoris in 

 great numbers in the month of February, at Whale Island, in the Bay 

 of Plenty. 



PuFFiNUS ASSiMiLis, Gould (Gould Shearwater), PI. 35. — This 

 species is confined apparently to the northern portion of New Zealand. 

 Much information will be found under this species and subsequent ones 

 as to the "Mutton-Birds," which are largely used for food on the 

 various islands, and which belong to several genera and species. It is 

 quite possible that this conclusion may have to be modified by the 

 researches of the party who spent ten months on the Kermadec 

 Islands, as they claim to have made exhaustive observations on the 

 birds of the main island at any rate. 



PuFFiNUS carneipes, Gould (Pink-footed Shearwater), PI. Ti^. — 

 Common on the coasts of New Zealand. Breeds plentifully on White 

 Island. 



PuFFiNUS GRiSEUS, Gm. (Sooty Shearwater), PI. 38. — New South 

 Wales, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadecs. 



PuFFiNUS TENUiROSTRis, Temm. (Short-tailed Shearwater), PI. 39. — 

 Breeds in burrows on Kaimanawa and inland ranges, New Zealand. 

 It has apparently a very extensive range both north and south of the 

 equator. This bird is largely used by the New Zealand natives as an 

 article of food when in the young state. (This is the well-known 

 Mutton-Bird of the Bass Strait islands. — Eds. Emu.) 



