AVES PUFFINID^E. 



" So far as I can ascertain, there is no authentic account of the breeding- 

 habits of this Shearwater ; and the eggs which do duty in the cabinets of 

 collectors as belonging to it are almost always those of Puffimis kuhli." 

 (H. E. Dresser, Bds. Europe, VIII. p. 531, 1877.) 



PUFFINUS GRISEUS (Gmelin). 



Grey Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. III. pt. 2. p. 399 (1785). 



Procellaria griseus, Gm. Syst: Nat. I. p. 564 (1788). 



Nectris amaurosoma, Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil., p. 47 (1868: Coast 



of Chile, common); Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 500 (Coquimbo, Aug.); 



iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 149 (1873: Chile). 

 Puffinus griseits, Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit Mus. XXV. p. 386 (1896: Straits 



of Magellan); Lane, Ibis, 1897, P- 3 12 (Corral); Sharpe, Hand-List 



Bds. I. p. 124 (1899: Straits of Magellan) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. 



Sammelr. Vog. p. 18 (1900: Straits of Magellan) ; Nicoll. Ibis, 1904, 



p. 51 (Valparaiso, abundant). 



FIG. 77. 



FIG. 78. 



Puffinus griseus. Profile of head. From 

 material in the British Museum. ^ natural 

 size. 



Puffinus griseus. Head from above. 

 From material in the British Museum. 

 ^ natural size. 



GENERAL DESRIPTION. 



Size. Ad^llt Male. Total length, about 18 inches. 



Wing, 12 inches. 



Tail, central rectrices, 3.5 inches ; lateral rectrices, 2.7 inches. 



