WHITE — Finding the Flesh -footed Petrel. 



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Xo. 4. 5 Dark phase, total stretch of wings, 43| inches; 

 stretch of wing 20£ in.; feet, deep shiny black; bill, dull black; 

 stomach contents, parts of small fish, 29 grasshoppers. 



I handed the sterna of these four birds to Dr. A. M. 

 Morgan, and requested him to pass his opinion as to the ages 

 of the respective light and dark phases, for it has been put for- 

 ward bv some that the dark form is the mature of the light 

 birds. * Dr. Morgan has given me the following notes — 



Xo. 1. $ light phase, nearly mature bird. 



Xo. 2. 9 Dark phase, fully mature bird. 



Xo. 3. $ Light phase, fully mature bird. 



Xo. 4. 5 Dark phase, not fully mature bird. 



New Record for South Australian Waters -Finding 

 the Flesh-footed Petrel (Puffinus carneipes, Gould). 



Bv S. A. White, M.B.O.U. 



Through the kindness of the Messrs. Rymill, 1 was able to 

 procure a specimen of the above petrel, it was taken in St. Vin- 

 cent Gulf, February 13, 1917. 



Mathews in his great work "The Birds of Australia," Vol. 

 II. part 1., separates the Norfolk Island from the western, 

 owing to its greater size, and calls it p. c hullianus. My speci- 

 men^seems to agree fairly well with Gould's type bird, with 

 the exception of total length. I feel confident that this bird is 

 one of the western form. Gould's type measurement* are as 

 follows.— Total length 15 inches; bill 14 inches; tail ? inches; 

 tarsus 2 inches; middle toe and nail 24 inches. My bird in the 

 flesh measured.— Total length 184, inches; wing 12 inches; total 

 stretch of same 204 inches; tail 5-| inches; tarsus 24, in.; mid- 

 dle toe and nail 2f "inches; total stretch of wings 424 inches. 



Gould gives the general colouration of the type as choco- 

 late-black, the bird before me is blackish-brown, becoming 

 lighter underneath, the primaries and secondaries being much 

 darker; bill yellowish flesh-colour, culmen and tip of mandible 

 brown; legs, feet, and membrane yellowish flesh-colour; nails 

 brown; weight 1 lb. 6 oz., Stomach contents — 32 beaks of 

 Cephalopods. 



