Vor. II, Pr. IT] LOOMIS—A REVIEW OF THE TUBINARES 141 
Puffinus nativitatis Streets: CHRISTMAS ISLAND SHEARWATER 
SaLvin—Puftinus nativitatis, 370, 389. 
GopMan—Pufinus nativitatis, xlii, 153, pl. 40. 
Lord Rothschild and Dr. Hartert record without date a “? 
ad. at sea, 12° 5’ lat. N., 107° long. W.”* I know of no other 
instance of a specimen having been captured within our bounds. 
In three Laysan Island specimens (a female of May 17, a 
male of May 21, and an undated male) feather renewal appears 
to be at rest. Although apparently fully grown, the distal 
primary is somewhat shorter than the second in the female and 
one of the males. <A like discrepancy has been observed in 
other shearwaters. 
MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters) 
Upper Mandible Middle 
No. Sex | Wing| Tail | Culmen |——————————| Tarsus Toe and 
Depth Width Claw 
18873 fou 247 90 Sono 9 13.5 44 50.1 
56502} gf | 251) 91] 31 B35 dais. Wan sil 52 
5649 2 9 258 88 30 toh Of 13 41.9 48 
Puffinus chlororhynchus Lesson: WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER 
Plate 17 
eae ria chlororhynchus, U1, 123, 142; Thiellus sphenurus, II, 
Satvin—Puffinus chlororhynchus, 369, 372; Puffinus cuneatus, 369, 371. 
GopMAN—Puffinus chlororhynchus, xl, 84, pl. 24; Pufinus cuneatus, 
xy 76,0ple 22: 
To Dr. Godman belongs the credit of having first suggested 
in print? that Puffinus cuneatus Salvin is a synonym of Puffinus 
chlororhynchus Lesson, the type specimens representing re- 
spectively the light and dark phases of a single species. 
The series before me illustrates fairly well the variations 
shown in specimens from the Revilla Gigedo, Hawaiian, Ker- 
madec, and Seychelle islands. Intergradation is complete 
throughout this series, there being no constant differences 
either in color or size. 
1 Nov. Zool., v. 9, p. 414. 
2 Stanford Univ. 
3 Mon. Petrels, pp. 79, 80. 
