Order ANSERES.] 



[Fam. PROCELLAHIID^. 



PUFFINUS GAVIUS. 



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(FORSTER'S SHEARWATER.) 



f Procellaria gavia^ Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 148 (1844). 



\ P^^ffi^^'^^ opisthomelas^ Coues, Pr. Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 139. 



^strelata gavia^ Coues, Pr. Philad. Acad. 1866, p. 154. 

 \ Puffinus assimilisy Hutton, Trans. N.-Z. Instit. vol. i. p. 161 (1868, nee Gould). 



Ad. suprk nitide bruunescenti-niger : facie lateral! et corpore subtus toto albis : rostro sordide plumbeo^ man- 



dibula pallidiore : pedibus flavicanti-albis^ extus nigro limbatis : iride nigra. 



Adult, Crown of the head^ iiapc^ and all the upper surface^ including the wings and tail^ glossy brownish 

 black ; sides of the face^ throat, fore neck^ and all the under surface white, i' Irides brownish black; bill 

 dark grey, lighter on the under mandible ; tarsi and toes flesh- white, inclining to yellow, and stained 

 with black on their outer edges. it Total length 14 inches ; extent of wings 27'5 ; wing, from flexure, 8'5 ; 

 tail 3; bill, along the ridge 1*4, along the edge of lower mandible 1-75; tarsus TS ; middle toe and 

 claw 2. 



This species of Petrel^ which enjoys a wide oceanic range, is comparatively common in the seas 

 surrounding New Zealand ; and after stormy weather it is frequently picked up, either dead or 

 in an exhausted state, among the sea-drift on the open strand. I have in this manner obtained 



jtain specimens from other parts of the coast, both north and south. 



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