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5. St. Kilda, Hebrides, 10th June Seebohui Coll. 



(C. Dixori). 



1. Rathlin Island, 22nd May (M. It. Seebohm Coll. 



Sf H. S.). 



2. Rathlin Island, 23rd May (M. It. Seebohm Coll. 



$H.S.). 



Puffinus yelcouan (Ae&rbi). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 3.) 



Puffinus anglorum, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 517, part. (1876). 

 Puffinus yelkouan, Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, p. 48. 

 Puffinus yelkouanus, Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 379 (1896). 

 Puffinus yelcouan, Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 123 (1899). 



The single egg of the Levantine Shearwater in the Collection is 

 inseparable from the eggs of P. puffinus. It measures 2 P 3 by 1*6. 



1. Cerbicali Islands, Corsica, 2nd May. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Puffinus opisthomelas, Coues. 



Puffinus gavia, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 389 



(1884). 

 Puffinus opisthomelas, Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 380 (1896) ; 



Anthony, Auk, 1896, p. 223 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 123 (1899). 



The three eggs of the Black-vented Shearwater in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 2-42 by 1-62 ; 2-4 by 1-64 ; 2-22 by 1-61. 



3. Natividad Island, Lower California, A. W. Anthony, Esq. [P.]. 



10th April. 



Puffinus auduboni, Finsch. 



Puffinus obscurus, Cory, Birds Bahama Islands, p. 219 (1880) ; Seebohm, 

 Brit. Birds, iii. p. 425, pi. 56 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 72, pi. 20. fig. 2 (1896) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 382, 

 part. (1896) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. (Suppl.) p. 403 (1896). 



Puffinus auduboni, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgiv. Water Birds N. Am. ii. 

 p. 386 (1884); Feilden, Ibis, 1889, pp. 60, 503; Cory, Birds W. 

 Indies, p. 282 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899). 



The three eggs of Audubon's Dusky Shearwater in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 2-1 by 1'48 ; 2-05 by 1-46 ; 2*07 by 1-35. 



1. Bahamas, 4th April (Diventz). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Barbados, 22nd March. Col. H. W. Feilden [P.], 



Puffinus subalaris, Ridgiv. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 4.) 



Puffinus subalaris, Ridgw. Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. xix. p. 650 (1897) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899). 

 Puffinus obscurus subalaris, Rothsch. fy Hartert. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 195 



(1899). 



Two eggs of the Galapagos Shearwater measure respectively : 

 2-02 by 1-37 ; 2-01 by 1-39. 



