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somewhat lighter than the under surface; tail feathers, dark brown, witha 
narrow and not very distinct red-brown basal margin ; lores, velvetty-black ; 
bill, reddish-brown ; Pig brown. ° 
Wing. Culmen. Tarsus. Mid-toe. 
4-inch. a 1 line. 7lines 1-inch. 7 lines. (English). 
Ocydromus troglodytes. Gm. 
To this species belongs 0. australis, Schleg. (Mus. P.B., Rallus, No. 2 et 8), 
which, although a young specimen, agrees with the adults. 0. australis 
(Cat. No. 1,in the Leiden Museum, formerly B. M., Gallirallus fuscus, Temm.) 
will prove to belong to a new species. 
Ocydromus brachypterus. Schleg. 
(Cat. No.1.) Said to come from the Chatham Islands, but without 
evidence, is the same as O. hectori, Hutton. 
Ortygometra pygmea. Naum. 
A specimen received from Dr. Haast, under the name of O. affinis, 
belongs really to this widely distributed species. I compared it with 
specimens from various parts of Europe, Australia, and J apan, and cannot 
detect the slightest constant character to keep it separate. 
Procellaria incerta. Schleg. 
A specimen (Cat. No. 2.) labelled by Temminck « Procellaria lessont, 
Astrol. and Zel., par Mons. Beligny, Nouvelle Zelande,” is most prebely 
Pr, lessoni, Young*. 
Procellaria gouldi. Hutt. 
To this species belongs Pr. full ginosa, Cat. No. 1 (*‘ mers antarctigues ’’) 
in the Leiden Museum. 
Procellaria griseus. Gyal. 
Pr. carneipes, Schleg., in the Leiden Museum, is identical with this 
species. 
Procellaria affinis. Bull. 
I suggest that this new species will turn out to be Pr. mollis. Dr. 
Buller’s description agrees very well with specimens in the Leiden 
Museum, showing only a difference in the length of the wing of seven lines, 
in the length of the bill of two lines, and in the tarsus of one and a half 
lines, [have already introduced P. mollis as a New Zealand bird, from a 
specimen captured by the Novara expedition. 
Puffinus tenvirostris. Temm. 
I compared Temminck’s type from Japan, in the Leiden Museum with 
specimens from Sitka (labelled in Temminck’s handwriting “ equinoctialis, 
Pall. and cuvilensis, Temm.”) which agreed in every respect with the New 
Zealand specimens, 
* This has been also pointed out by Dr. Coues.—F.W.H. 
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