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Total length in the flesh 14^ inches ; expanse of wings 

 35 inches. 



(The same remark ajiplics to this bird as to the preceding 

 species.) 



Stercorarius crepidatus (Gm.). 



Stercorarius crepidatus Reich, i. p. 39. 



a-c. ^ ad. et imm.; $ ad. Walfish Bay. 1st April, 

 1911. (Nos. G51, G53, 658.) 



Iris bro\Tn ; bill greyish horn-coloured^ tip black ; feet 

 black. 



Total length in the flesh 2H inches ; expanse of wings 

 44 inches. 



[Several of these birds were seen frequently about three 

 or four miles from the coast of Liberia. — W. P. L.] 



Procellaria pelagica (Linn.). 



Hydrohates pelagicus lleich. i. p. 34. 



a. ? . 30 miles north of the Equator. 19th Dec, 1910. 

 (No. 121.) 



Iris broAvn; bill black ; feet black. 



Total length in the flesh G inches ; expanse 13 inches. 



This specimen, which was caught alive on board H.M.S. 

 ' Mutine/ is a very small example, the wings measuring 

 only 44 inches. 



[This and the two following birds used to settle on the 

 poop of the ship at night when attracted by the light on 

 my table as I was skinning birds ; they Avere easily caught. 

 — W. P. L.] 



Oceanodroma leucorrhoa (Vieill.). 

 Oceanodroma leucorrhoa Reich, i. p. 33. 

 «. ?. 6°33'N., 12°4'W. 5th March, 1911. (No. 568.) 

 Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



Total length in the flesh 8^ inches; expanse of wings 

 18i inches. 



[The stomach contained a fish. — W. P. L.] 



OCEANITES OCEANICUS (Bauks). 



Oceanites oceanicus Reich, i. p. 35. 



a. S ■ Nanna Kru. 20th Jan., 1911. (No. 345.) 



