150 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS! ZOOLOGY. 



(Natural History of Kerguelen Island, J. H. Kidder, M.D., Bull. no. 3, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. p. 13, 1876.) 



In his notes on the Falkland Islands Mr. R. Vallentin writes: "only 

 a visitor, being invariably driven into the numerous fiords and harbours 

 by stress of weather. I have frequently seen two or three of these birds 

 flying in Stanley harbour when there was a strong wind blowing. Occa- 

 sionally, one bird, bolder than its companions, would rest on the water 

 near the slaughter-house, and eagerly devour the refuse. But even then 

 the bird would not allow one to get within fifty yards of it, so I was never 

 able to examine it closely. I have never heard of this species nesting on 

 these islands." 



Genus DAPTION Stephens. 



Type. ' 



Daption, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. p. 239 (1826) ; 

 Bp. Consp. Av. II. p. 1 88 (1855); Coues, Proc. Acad. 

 Sci. Philad. 1866, p. 162 ; Forbes, Voy. Chall. Zool. iv. 

 pt. XI. p. 42, &c (1882) ; Shufeldt, Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 VII. p. 378 (1887) ; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. 

 . p. 428, (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 127 (1899) D. capensis. 



Geographical Range. Southern Oceans. 



DAPTION CAPENSIS (Linnaeus). 



Procellaria capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 132 (1758); King, Zool. Journ. 



IV. p. 104 (1829: Straits of Magellan) ; Pelz. Reis. Novara. Vog. p. 



146 (1865: Valparaiso and Cape Horn). 

 Pintado Petrel, Forst. Voy. I. p. 489 (Falkland Islands) ; Lath. Gen. Syn. 



III. pt. 2, p. 403 (1785: ex Forst.). 



Le Petrel blanc et noir ou Damier, Pernet. Voy. II. p. 72. 

 Daption capensis, Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 222 (Valdivia) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 



1 88 1, p. 12 (Tres Montes, May: St. Ambrose, July); Vincig. Boll. 



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



Oiseaux, pp. 159, 332 (1891: Straits of Magellan, Oct.: Coast of 



Patagonia, Sept.) ; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 428 (1896) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 127 (1899); Carbajal, La Patagonia, 



Part II. p. 277 (1900); Martins, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 



19 (1900: Straits of Magellan) ; Gates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. 



