No. 7.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 125 



black, the former with white bars across to the inner 

 webs ; under wing-coverts mostly white, the edges being 

 blackish. Soft parts as above. Total length 215 mm. ; 

 €ulmen 14, wing 164, tail 80, tarsus 37. 



Type, Lord Howe Island. 21st of May, 1914. 



The above three Storm Petrels are all from Lord 

 Howe Island, but quite distinct from each other, 

 F. alisteri . having the dark centres to the feathers, 

 and the side of the body recalls Pealea lineata. 



p. 33. PUFFINUS ASSIMILIS HOWENSIS, Subsp. n. 



Differs from P. a. assiynilis in being much darker 

 above and in having a shorter bill. 



Type, Lord Howe Island. 



p. 36. PrIOCELLA ANTARCTICA ADDENDA, Subsp. n. 



Fully described and figured in my Birds of Australia, 

 Vol. II., p. 126, plate 82, as P. antarctica. 



Type, New Zealand Seas. 



p. 37. Pterodroma inexpectata thompsoni, subsp, n. 

 Mottled Petrel. 



Differs from P. i. inexpectata in being darker above 

 and the grey of the under-surface extending further 

 up towards the throat. 



Range, East Australia. 



p. 41. DiOMEDEA EXULANS ROHUI, Subsp. n. 



Differs from D. e. chionoptera in its smaller measure- 

 ments all round. 

 , Ty3)e, Sydney, New South Wales. 



p. 45. Gelochelidon nilotica normani, subsp. n. 



Differs from G. n. macrotarsa in its smaller bill. 



Type, Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, 

 p. 45, Hydroprogne tschegrava YORKi, subsp. n. 



Differs from H. t. strenua in its smaller size in every wa^'. 



Type, Cape York, Queensland. 



