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Pufflnus [sensu lat.), which Mathews has shown to be 

 so different in bill-characters when nestlings, yet so 

 similar when adult. 



The bill, retaining the egg-tooth, recalls that of 

 Procellaria parkinsoni Gray, hereafter described. It is 

 short, wide at base and deep ; the laterals of the under- 

 nxandible are strongly defined, and the nail is very 

 heavy and distinct ; the nostrils are distinct on each side 

 of the culmen, but point upwards with a somewhat 

 rounded aperture.. It is puffinoid in character, but 

 cannot be classed with any other species I know of. I 

 therefore propose the new generic name HEMIPUF- 

 "h FIN US for Pufflnus carneipes Gould. 



PxjFFiNXJS BREVICAUDUS Brandt. 



In the Birds of AustraHa, Vol. II., 1912, p. 100, footnote, 

 Mathews wrote : " Although P. hrevicaudus is generally 

 quoted as Brandt (Ic. Ross. Av., t. 6, f. 17) no trace can 

 be found by me of the publication of such name. The 

 earhest mention I can find of it in literature is by Gould, 

 in the Birds of Australia, Vol. VII., pi. 56, 1847, when 

 he used it to displace his own P. hrevicaudus, introduced 

 in 1844, but with no description. 



My own researches gave the same results, so that I 

 was delighted to see in the Museum a specimen labelled 

 " Puffinus brevicaudus Brandt," which had been procured 

 from Brandt himself. 



On the stand were two labels, the first reading — 



" III. 1846. 10. Puffinus brevicaudus Brandt. Von 

 Brandt in Hamburg gkft, 6 f. Nova HoUandia " 

 the second having — 



"J. G. W. Brandt, Puffinus brevicaudus, New 

 HoU. Hamburg." 



These labels were fully explained to me by Dr. Sassi. 

 The first No. (III.) refers to the numbered invoice, still 

 retained in the Museum, of all purchases, the second 

 (1846) refers to the year, and the third (10) to the number 



