234 Transactions. — Zoology. 



P. major, Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terr., p. 17. 

 P. fuliginosus, Homb. (nee Strick). 

 P. amaurosoma, Coues. 

 Of tliis fine species I got a specimen from the Chatham Islands from Dr. 



Hector for comparison. 



Puffi 



Proc. cequinoctialis, Pall, (nee L). 



Proc. atlantica, Bull., N. Z. Exhibition, p. 256. 



Puff, brevicaudus, id.* Hist. B. N. Z., p. 315. 



Wellin 



obtained in Cook Strait, which agrees exactly with the plate in Fauna 

 Japonica (p. 131, t. 86). Pr. brevicaudus, Brandt, is a manuscript name only, 

 and has no value. 



Halodroma berardi, Q\ 

 im Islands bv Mr. II 



1872, p. 248.) 



(Hutt., Ibis 



No. 126, p. 256. Prion vittatus, Gml. 



To this most broad-hilled species, of which I got specimens from the 



Hector 



1873, p. 85. 



No. 127, p. 256. Prion banJcsii, Smith. 



Hutt. 



No. 128, p. 257. Prion turtur, Sol. 



Pr. banJcsii, Hutt., Cat. p. 48. 

 Pr. ariel, id., p. 80. 

 I received a pair of this species from the Chatham Islands through the 

 kindness of Dr. Hector, and having examined other specimens, I have no 

 doubt that Pr. ariel, Gould, cannot be separated. 



No. 130, p. 257. Thalassidroma fregata, L. (nee Forst.) 



Th. marina, Hutt., Ibis 1872, p. 249. 

 Chatham Island specimens were kindly forwarded to me by Dr. Hector. 



Mr 



No. 131, p. 257. Thalassidroma melanogastra, Gould. 



I received on loan from the Auckland Museum, through the kindness of 



No. 132, p. 257. Thalassidroma nereis, Gould. 



Mr. 



,min 



Museum 



