486 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the Distribution of 



lias been mentioned by Harcourt, Dalgieish, Hartwig, 

 Scbmitz, and Ogilvie-Grant from the Madeira Group^ and by 

 Salvadorij Fea, and Boyd Alexander from the Cape Verde 

 Islands. A sliort synonymy is given in Godman's ' Mono- 

 graph/ p. 201. 



General Conclusions. 



CEstrelata mollis fea is one of the most interesting, and 

 certainly the most rare, of all the Tubinares inhabiting the 

 North Atlantic Islands. For many years it was confounded 

 with (JEstrelata m. mollis Gould, but in 1899 Count Salvadori 

 examined the specimens obtained by Signor Fea in the Cape 

 Verde Islands, together with examples from the Madeira 

 Group, and showed that this form differed strikingly from 

 the typical species. It breeds only in the Madeira and Cape 

 Verde Groups, and eggs and young have, up till the present, 

 been taken only in the first named. 



Breeding range in the Madeira Group. 



This rare Petrel has been recorded as breeding in Madeira 

 itself and on Bugio Island — one of the Deserta Group, The 

 bird is also recorded from Porto Santo and the Ilho de 

 Baixo in the same group. The following is a short summary 

 of specimens and eggs which have been procured. 



June 12, 1906. Three adult birds and first perfect fresh egg taken 

 from a rocky promontory in the highlands of the 

 island (Madeira). 

 13, ,, Another bird procured at the same place (skin in 

 Brit. Mus.). 

 A specimen obtained by Schmitz. 

 July 12, 1891. A bird obtained by Schmitz. 



Two young birds obtained from Curral das Freiras. 

 From the mountain range between S. Antonio and 

 Curral, Schmitz obtained four living O. fecf, 2 J, 

 25. ft transpired later that tliey had bred there. 

 Aug. 6, 1891. Bird obtained by Schmitz. 

 Bird obtained by Schmitz. 

 Sept. 12,1892. Bird obtained by Schmitz. 

 Bird obtained by Schmitz. 



28, 



1890. 



12, 



1891. 



14, 



1909. 



18, 



1903. 



6, 



1891. 



12, 



1895. 



12, 



1892. 



27, 



1895. 



