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commonly known by the name of “Puffinus assimilis.”* Mr. 
Mathews also maintains that the present species was name- 
less, and he has christened it Puffinus reinholdi? and Rein- 
holdia reinholdi.2 However, the length of the bill in Fors- 
ter’s description (“iam fronte 11%” unc., “ad angulum faucis 
2” unc.) appears to be less typical of “P. assimilis’ than of 
the present species. Moreover, in some specimens of the 
present species the sooty black of the upper parts has a blu- 
ish cast in certain lights. In fine, the evidence thus far pre- 
sented against the specific name gavia is not deemed con- 
clusive. The characters of Reinholdia occur in some exam- 
ples of Pufiinus puffinus. See table of measurements of that 
species. 
The dark coloration of the lower parts of certain speci- 
mens of P. gavia, said by Dr. Godman to be peculiar to the 
female,* occurs in the male as well as in the female, and is 
perhaps dichromatic. 
MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters) 
(cee Tigeality sex | Wing (Tail| Cul-| Upper Mandible| .,_ |Abidte, 
gie Mus.) men | Depth | Width } sus | Claw 
24305 |Well, West Coast, N.Z.| 12.9 |41.9| 50 
24306 |Wanganui Heads, N.Z.| of 12.5 {40.3} 48.2 
24315 |Nelson, N.Z........ rot 12.5 |42 | 46.8 
24314 ae SS eu aati: Q 13.5 |42.6] 51 
Note.—Since the above was written, Cinathisma cyaneo- 
leuca Hull has been described. According to Mr. Gregory 
M. Mathews it “ is undoubtedly the same as Reinholdia rein- 
holdi byront Mathews.”® This being the case, Mr. Mathews’s 
contention respecting the identity of Procellaria gavia J. R. 
Forster wholly breaks down, the species having a brown as 
well as a bluish phase. 
Puffinus obscurus (Gmelin): Dusky SHEARWATER; LEAST 
SHEARWATER 
1 Birds Austr., v. 2, pp. 53, 54, 68, 69. 
2 Birds Austr., v. 2, pp. 74, 76. 
3 Austral Avian Record, v. 1, p. 107. 
4 Mon. Petrels, p. 123. 
5 Emu, 1916, v. 15, pp. 205, 211, pl. 32. 
6 Austral Avian Record, 1917, v. 3, p. 77. 
