238 Messrs. G. M. Mathews oml Tom Iredale : 



Synonyms : — 



Vrocellaria tridactyla Forster, Descr. Anin:. ed. Liclit., 1844, 



p. 149 : Queen Charlotte's Sound, South Island. 

 Pelecanoides urinatrix Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 126. 

 Pelecanoides exsul id. ih. p. 127. [^Pelecanoides exmlwua described 



from Kerguelen Island by Salvin (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 



vol. XXV. 1896, p. 438) and must be restricted to tlie form of 



P. urinutrix nesting on that island.] 



Range : — New Zealand (breeding). 



Note : — Buller constantly recognised two forms of Diving 

 Petrel as breeding in New Zealand. His latest acceptance 

 gave the following discontinuous distribution : — Smaller 

 form. North and South Islands, Chatham Island and Snares ; 

 larger form, Scephens Island, South Island, Karewa Island, 

 North Island, and Auckland Island. Examination of speci- 

 mens supposedly from New Zealand suggests the occur- 

 rence of more than one form, but sufficient authentic 

 material is not at hand to diagnose these, and limit their 

 ranges. The second name chcseu by Buller is not available, 

 as shown above, and neither is Procellaria berard proposed 

 by Quoy and Gaimard (Voy. 'Uranie' et 'Physic/ Zool. vol. i. 

 1824, p. 135), which was introduced for the Falkland Island 

 bird {cf. Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. ii. 1912, pp. 234-239). 



Pamily DIOMEDEID^. 



Genus DIOMEDEA. 



Diomedea Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 132. 

 Type (by subs, design.) : D. exulans Linne. 



Diomedea exulans rothschildi Mathews. Australian Wan- 

 dering Albatros. 



Diomedea exulans rothschildi Mathews, Birds Austr. vol, ii. 

 1912, p. 246 : Australian Seas. 

 Synonym : — 



Diomedea exulans Buller, Suppl. vol. i. p. 128. [The type-locality 

 oi Diomedea exulans Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 132, is 

 Cape Seas.] 



Range : New Zealand Seas : Antipodes Islands (breeding), 

 Auckland Islands (breeding), ? Chatham Islands (breeding). 



