146 Hl'LLETIX: MI'SETTM OF COMPARATIVE ZOr)LO(.Y. 



Halobaena mtrphyi, sp. nov. 



Tiipr. — Adult unsexed, M. (\ Z. 70,725. Stroniness Bay, South 

 (leorgia, collected during the summer of 1913. Collector not known. 

 The type was presented to me by a storekeeper in the customs service 

 at Port Stanley who had resided at South Georgia, and had kept this 

 skin with a miscellaneous collection of curios. 



Characfrrs. — Similar to //. caerulea with the exception of the hill 

 which in murphyi is much smaller, less slender, and wider at the ba.se 

 in proportion to its length. 



Mca.Hurvinents. — Type, adult: wing, 212; tarsus 31; bill, 25. 



I take pleasure in dedicating this new species to Mr. Robert Cush- 

 man Murphy whose recent studies of Tuliinares have contributed so 

 much of value and interest to our knowledge of this little-known group. 



Petrella capensis (Linne). 

 Cape Pigeon. 



Abundant about the steamer a day's steaming north of Port Stanley 

 on ()ctol)er 3. 



Diomedea exuans Linne. 

 Wandering Albatross. 



Two were noted on October 3, a day's run north of Port Stanley. 



On entering the Pacific from the Strait of Magellan on March 10, 

 191(), a dozen followed us for two days north in a heavy gale, leaving 

 the day before we anchored at Coronel. 



Diomedea melanophrys Boie. 

 Mollymauk. 



Several of these birds wer<' seen on September 0, at 20 degrees S. 

 not far from the Brazilian coast, and also between Montevideo and 

 Port Stanley during the first week of October. 



