234 Transactions. — Zoology. 



P. major, Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Tcn\, p. 17. 

 F. /uligmosus, Homb. (nee Strick). 

 P. amaurosoma, Coues. 

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

 Hector for comparison. 



P. 25G. After No. 124 add Puffinus tenuirostris, Temm. 

 Proc. cequmoctialis, Pall, (nee L). 

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

 Puff, hrevicaudus, id., Hist. B. N. Z., p. 315. 

 I received a specimen on loan from the Colonial Museum at Wellington' 

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

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

 and has no value. 



P. 256, after "No. 125 add Ealodroma herardi, Quoy. 



Brought from the Chatham Islands by Mr. H. Travers. (Hutt., Ibis 



1872, p. 248.) 



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



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

 Chatham Islands through Dr. Hector, belongs Prion australis, Potts, Ibis 



1873, p. 85. 



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



Prion vittatus, Hutt., Cat. B. N. Z., 48. 



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



Pr. hanksii, Hutt., Cat. p. 48. 

 Pr. arid, 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. maHna, Hutt., Ibis 1872, p. 249. 

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



No. 131, p. 257. Thalassidro7na melanogastra, Gould. 

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

 Mr. Kirk, a specimen of this bird from New Zealand. 



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



The single specimen procured at the Chathams by Mr. H. Travers I liad 

 the pleasure of examining, it having been kindly lent me from the Colonial 

 Museum by Dr. Hector. 



