432 



ON THE PETRELS COLLECTED DURING 



Zool. Chall. 

 Exp. vol. iv. 

 pt. xi. p. 59. 



of the tensor patayii tendons, in the spiny tongue (? Adainastvr), and the 

 palatal armature of spines (? Adamastor), and in there never being even 

 indications of lateral lamellae on the beak. 



(Estrelata differs from its allies in having only a single ulnar ossicle, 

 there being two in all the others. 



Puffinus and Adamastor are more closely connected together than they 

 are with Majaqueus, easily distinguishable by its more normal nostrils, 



Fig. 31. 



Beak of Thalassoeca glacialoides. 

 . The aperture of the nasal tubes, from in front. Natural size. 



Fig. 32. 



The same parts of Aeipetes antarcticus. 



Ibid. p. 60. less compressed tarsi, and specialized (? Adamastor} syrinx. Bulweria is 

 a peculiar form, with no very close ally, and must be regarded as a highly 

 specialized form, as shown in its myological formula being reduced to 

 A.X., and its peculiar cuneate tail. It has no close relationship at all to 

 the Stormy-Petrels, as already pointed out by Dr. Coues * and Garrodt. 

 These views on the classification of the Tubinares may be represented 

 in the diagram, p. 436. 



* S. c. 186(>, p. 139. 



t Coll. Papers, p. 221. 



