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ad. (Funchal). Upper parts slate-grey, the head rather darker; 

 feathers on the forehead margined with white ; a blackish grey patch in 

 front of and below the eye ; wings blackish brown ; tail grey, the lateral 

 feathers freckled with white ; lores, throat, and under parts white, the sides 

 of the breast grey, the flanks freckled with grey ; bill blackish ; tarsus 

 and basal portion of feet yellowish flesh, the rest black ; iris dark brown. 

 Culmen 1'3, wing 10'4, middle tail-feathers 4'65, the lateral ones 3*25, 

 tarsus 1-4 inch. 



Hob. The Southern Seas, in the Atlantic north to Madeira. 



Respecting the habits of this bird I find but little on record. 

 Its flight is described as peculiarly rapid and graceful, and it is 

 generally seen in small companies. It nests in New Caledonia 

 about the summit of Mount Mou in burrows, depositing a single 

 white egg, which measures about 2'1 by 1'6. 



1179. COLLARED PETREL. 

 CESTRELATA BREVIFES. 



(Estrelata Irevipes (Peale), U.S. Expl. Exp. viii. p. 294, pi. 80 (1848) ; 

 Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 617 ; Salvin, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 xxv. p. 408 ; Ridgway, p. 65 ; Saimders, p. 747 ; Lilford, vi. p. 146, 

 pi. 63 ; P. torquata, Macgillivray, Zool. xviii. p. 7133 ; (Est. 

 leucoptera, Salvin, Ibis, 1876, p. 393. 



Ad. (New Hebrides). Forehead, cheeks, throat, and under parts white ; 

 upper parts slaty greyish black, the crown paler, the dorsal region, larger 

 wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts grey ; tail greyish black, the lateral 

 feathers pale grey ; sides of breast slate-grey ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries white ; bill black ; tarsus and proximal half of the two inner 

 toes yellowish, the rest black. Culmen T3, wing 8*55, tail 3'92, the outer 

 feathers 1*15 shorter than the middle ones, tarsus 1*0 inch. 



Hob. Western Pacific Ocean, New Hebrides, Fiji Islands ; 

 south to about 68 S. ; has been once obtained near Aberystwith 

 on the Welsh Coast. 



According to John Macgillivray, this Petrel breeds in burrows 

 on the wooded mountain-tops of the interior of Aniteum, New 

 Hebrides, but its eggs were not obtained. 



1180. JAPANESE PETREL. 

 CESTRELATA LONGIROSTRIS. 



(Estrelata longirostris, Stejn. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 618 (1893) ; 

 Salvin, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxv. p. 418. 



Ad. (Japan). Differs from (Est. brevipes in having the greater wing- 

 coverts lighter slate-grey, distinctly though narrowly margined with 



