AVES PUFFINID^E. 



Subfamily FULMARIN^;. 



Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 422 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-List 

 Bds. I. p. 127 (1899). 



Genus OSSIFRAGA Hombron & Jacquinot. 



Type. 

 Ossifraga, Hombron & Jacquinot, Compt. Rend, xviii. p. 



356 (1844); Jacq. & Puch. Voy. Pdle Sud. Zool. iii. p. 

 148, pi. 32, figs. 39-42 (1853); Bonap. Consp. Av. II. 

 p. 186 (1855); Coues, Proc. Acad. Sci. Philad. 1866, p. 

 31; Forbes, Voy. Chall. Zool. IV. pt. XI. p. 42, etc. 

 (1882); Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 422 

 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 127 (1899) O. gigantea. 



Geographical Range. Southern Oceans, north to 30 south latitude. 



OSSIFRAGA GIGANTEA (Gmelin). 



Quebrantahuesos, Bougainv. Voy. Autour du monde, p. 63 (Tierra del 



Fuego: Falkland Islands). 

 Giant Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. III. pt. 2, p. 396, pi. 100 (1785: Staaten 



Island). 



Mouton, Pernetty, Voy. I. p. 15, pi. VIII, fig. 3. 

 Procellaria gigantea, Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 563 (1788: ex Lath.); King, 



Zool. Journ. IV. p. 104 (1829: Straits of Magellan); Darw. Voy. 



Beagle, Birds, p. 139 (1841: Port San Antonio: Port St. Julian: 



Sea Lion Island: Mouth of Santa Cruz: Port Famine); Des Murs 



in Gay's Hist Chil. Zool. I. p. 475 (1847); Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 



164 (Falkland Islands); Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 46 (1868); 



Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 248 (1888: 



Straits of Magellan). 

 Ossifraga gigantea, Jacq. & Puch. Voy. P61e Sud. Zool. iii. p. 139 (1853) ; 



Sci. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 149 (1873: Falkland Islands); 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. n (Tom Bay, Straits of Magellan, 



April); Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 431 (Coquimbo Bay, Nov.); Vincig. 



Boll. Soc. Geogr. Ital. (2) IX. p. 799 (1884); Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap 



Horn, Oiseaux, pp. 158, 332 (1891 : Straits of Magellan : Patagonia: 



