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Family PUFFINID^E. 



Sub-Family PUFFININ^E. 



Genus PUFFINUS, Bnss. 



The eggs of the Shearwaters are unspotted white and the shell is 

 smooth, In shape they vary from blunt to pointed ovals, 

 but occasionally they are elliptical. They sometimes exhibit a 

 small amount of gloss, but as a rule they are glossless. 



Puffinus cuneatus, Salvin. 



Puffinus cuneatus, Seebohm, Ibis, 1891, p. 191 ; Sdlvin, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxv. p. 371 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of Snow's Shearwater measure from 2'37 to 2-65 in 

 length, and from T57 to 172 in breadth. 



1. Sulphur I., Bonin Islands, 8th June Seebohm Coll. 



(P. A. Hoist}. 



2. Bailey I., Bonin Islands, 2nd July Seebohm Coll. 



(P. A. H.). 



3. Bailey I., 2nd July (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Bailey I., 9th July (P. A. H.}. Seebohm Coll. 



Puffinus chlororhynchus, Less. 



Puffinus sphenums, Crowfoot, Ibis, 1885, p. 268. 



Thiellus sphenurus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 466 (1865). 



Puffinus chlororhynchus, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 1054 (1880); Milne- 

 Edwards fy Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 680, pi. 308. 

 fig. 8 (1885) ; Butter, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 235 (1888) ; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 372 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater measure from 2'4 to 

 2-65 in length, and from 1*67 to 1'8 in breadth. 



1. Round Island, Mauritius. 



1. Round Island (E. L. Layard). 



2. Australia. 



2. Australia (J. Macgillivray). 



2. Lord Howe Island (E. Sounders). 



2. Norfolk Island, 29th Dec. 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Dr. W. M. Crowfoot [P.]. 



Puffinus kuhli (Boie). 



Procellaria puffinus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xcii. fig. 5 (1845-54). 

 Puffinus cinereus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 55. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; 



Wright, Ibis, 1863, p. 439; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. v. p. 86, 



pi. (1876). 



