108 DRS. HARTLAUB AND FINSCH ON BIRDS [Jan. 16, 



one of M. Godeffroy's collectors, should be right, no doubt the Por- 

 phyria of the Pelews would rank as a species ; but we doubt this, 

 because, so far as we can judge from the dried skins, the colour of 

 the legs in life is red as in P. melanonotus. 



We append for comparison measurements taken from eight speci- 

 mens from Pelew, and seven of the true P. melanonotus from Australia 

 and New Zealand. 



Lonff al. caud. rostr. incl. scut, latit. scut. rict. tars. tib. dig. med. 



7" 10'"- 8" 3"' 9"9"'_3"2'" 2"l'"-2" 8'" 6£-13'" 15-17£"' 2"9"'-3"0'" 12-15"' 2" 10"'-3" 1'"* 

 9 7 -10 9 3 3-41 2 3 -2 10 8 -11£ 16-19 34-39 15-22 3 1 -3 7 t 



44. Anas superciliosa, Gmel., var. pelewensis, H. & F. 



A. superciliosa, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 832; H. & F. ibid. 

 1868, p. 8. 



Two specimens from the Pelews (Capt. Heinsohn), which agree per- 

 fectly with specimens from New Zealand and Australia, except in their 

 smaller size. Having examined four specimens, which all exhibit this 

 peculiarity, we consider the Pelew bird to belong to a smaller race. 



The superciliary stripe, sides of head, chin, and throat are a little 

 more rufescent ; but this cannot be noticed as a character of specific 

 value, this tinge being in some specimens much paler, and almost 

 the same as in certain specimens from New Zealand. The dark stripe 

 from the angle of the mouth also varies in intensity, and is nearly 

 altogether wanting in some specimens. 



The two last-received specimens show another strange peculiarity, 

 in two or three of the outer secondaries (the so-called tertiaries) 

 having on their dark-brown outer web three or four longitudinal 

 light-brown patches, forming sometimes a broad longitudinal stripe. 



A. luzonica, Fras. (P. Z. S. 1839, p. 112), seems to be an ex- 

 cellent species, being described as having head and neck " pallide 

 castanea," and a white cross band on the wings, formed by the 

 white band of the tectrices of the secondaries. 



45. Puffinus dichrotjs, H. & F. Orn. Centr. Polyn. p. 244. 



Procellaria obscura, Kuhl (nee Gmel., nee auct.), Zool. Beitr. iii. 

 (1820) p. 147, t. xi. f. 11 (cap.); Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. (1820), 

 p. 80S (sol. descr.) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Procell. (1863) p. 30 (syn. 

 emend.). 



Puffinus opisthomelas, var. minor, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 382 ; 

 H. & F. ibid. 1868, pp. 9 & 371 ; Finsch, J. f. Orn. 1870, p. 371. 



? Puffinus obscurus, Degl. Orn. Europ. ii. p. 366 (syn. excl.) ; 

 Degl. & Gerbe, ibid. sec. ed. p. 380. 



1 Procellaria obscura, Schleg. & Pollen, llech. Faun. Mad. p. 144. 



* Pelew. t Austr., New Zealand. 



