852 PUFFINUS 



Cape of Good Hope and Straits of Magellan, and in the Pacific 

 from California and the Kurile Islands to Australia, New Zealand, 

 and the Auckland Islands. Breeds in the southern hemisphere. 



In habits this species does not differ from its allies. It nests 

 in holes in the ground, depositing a single egg, white stained with 

 reddish brown, which measures about 3'25 by 2*0. 



1171. MEDITERRANEAN SHEARWATER. 

 PUFFINUS KUHLI. 



Puffinus kuhli (Boie), Isis, 1835, p. 257 ; Dresser, viii. p. 513, pi. 615, 

 fig. 2 ; Salvin, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxv. p. 375 ; Kidgway, p. 59 ; P. 

 cinereus, Gould, B. of E. v. pi. 445 ; P. borealis, Cory, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club. vi. p. 84 (1881) ; Ridgway, p. 59 ; P. major (nee. 

 Temm.), Hewitson, ii. p. 516, pi. cxliv. fig. 3. 



Puffin cendrd, French ; Pardella de bico branco, Portug. ; Berta- 

 maggiore, Ital. ; Ciefa, Maltese. 



Ad. (Algerian coast). Upper parts cinereous brown, the sides of the 

 head and neck paler and greyer ; back and wing-coverts with paler 

 margins ; wings and tail blackish brown ; under parts pure white ; under 

 tail-coverts mottled at the edge ; bill livid yellowish, brownish horn 

 towards the point ; legs and feet livid yellowish ; iris dark brown. 

 Culmen 2'8, wing 13'6 ; tail 5*6, tarsus 2*1 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hob. The Mediterranean, and the Atlantic Ocean from the 

 Massachusetts coast to Madeira and the Canaries ; Kerguelen 

 Island. 



In habits it does not differ from P. anglorum. It nests on 

 the islands of the Mediterranean and in the Canaries, depositing, 

 in holes in the ground or crannies in the cliffs, a single white 

 egg, measuring about 2 '61 by 1*73. 



1172. JAPANESE SHEARWATER. 

 PUFFINUS LEUCOMELAS. 



Puffinus leucomelas, Temm. PI. Col. 587 (1836) ; id. and Schleg. Faun. 

 Jap. Aves, pi. 85 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 264 ; Salvin, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xxv. p. 370 ; Ridgway, p. 62. 



Ad. (Japan). Crown, nape, sides of head and of neck white closely 

 striped and marked with blackish brown ; hind neck, upper parts, wings 

 and tail deep brown, the dorsal feathers with narrow greyish white or 

 greyish brown margins ; some of the upper tail-coverts tipped with white ; 

 under parts and axillaries white ', under wing- coverts near the edge of the 

 wing with dark discs ; bill horn-colour ; legs and feet flesh-coloured, the 

 outer toe darker. Culmen 2'35, from the base of the feathers 2'0, wing 



