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" (2) The birds from the South Atlantic are apparently 

 distinctly smaller, with wings measuring 310- 

 348 ram., whereas female examples from the 

 North Atlantic average much more, the wings 

 of certain birds reaching 367 mm. 



" Both the differences which I have mentioned were noted 

 by Sharpe, who did not consider the birds merited specific 

 distinction ; but Sharpe ' lumped ' all the forms of this 

 Shearwater together. 



"An important fact which must be considered is that there 

 is yet another race of Kuhl's Shearwater inhabiting the Cape 

 Verde Islands — known as Puffinas kuhli edwardsi Oust., — and 

 the range of this bird lies between that of P. k. flavirostris 

 in the Cape seas and the other form of Pufjinus kulili 

 inhabiting the North Atlantic islands. 



"If we apply Gould's name to the Cape bird, which we 

 must do, we are left without a name for the Shearwater 

 from the North Atlantic, and I therefore propose to 

 name it 



" Puffinus kuhli fortunatus, nom. n. 



" Hab. Azores, Madeira Group, Salvage Islands, and 

 Canary Islands. 



"Types in tlie British Museum: S ad., l.vi. 13.; ? ad., 

 29. V. 13. Isla Graciosa, E. Canary Is. D. A. Bannerman 

 coll. 



" Obs. We have therefore five named races of P. kuhli as 

 follows : — 



" 1. Puffinus kuhli kuhli (Boie). 



" Type-locality, Corsica. 



^' Hub. Mediterranean, Adriatic, ^gean, Sea of Marmora. 



" 2. Puffinus kuhli fortunatus Bannerman. 



" Type-locality, Gran Canaria (Canary Is.). 



" Hab. Azores, Madeira Group, Salvage Is., Canary I?;. 



*' 3. Puffinus kuhli edwardsi Oust. 

 " Type-locality, Branca (Cape Verde Is.) 

 " Hab. Cape Verde Archipelago. 



