236 PROCELLARlIDiE. 



" Nectris fuliginosa supra nigricans subtus fusco cinerea. Mscr.* 



" Fig. pict. 



"Hab. in Oceano australi" {Solander's MS.). 



The drawing is a pencil outline, the bill and tarsus being drawn sepa- 

 rately in detail. 



I feel convinced that this drawing and description refer to the true 

 Procellaria grisea of Graelin and Latham, the synonymy of which is as 

 follows : — 



PUFFINUS GRISEUS. 



Nectris fuliginosa, Solander, MS. ; Parkinson, Icon. iued. No. 23. 



Grey Petrel, Lath. Syn. iii. p. 399. 



Procellaria grisea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p, 564 (nee Kuhl). 



Procellaria fuliginosa, G. Forst. Icon. ined. No. 94 (nee A. Strickl.). 



Procellaria tristis, J. R. Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 23. 



Nectris amaurosoma, Coues, Proe. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 124. 



Puffinus griseus, Finsch, J. fiir Orn. 1874, p. 209. 



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No. 24.— "Feb. 15, 1769. Lat. 48° 27', long. 93°. S. Parkinson" (ink 



^. / ^ "Nectris munda. The beak blue-grey towards the back, and the point 



'x-p"' black; the legs and feet the same colour as in the Procellaria cyauopeda" 

 (pencil MS.). 



"Nectris munda supra einereo-nigricans subtus nivea. Mscr.* 



" Fig. piet. 



"Hab. in Oceano australi" {Solander's MS.). 



A pencil-drawing made from a bird taken in the Pacific westward of 

 the southern extremity of Chili. I cannot fit the description and drawing 

 to any known species with certainty. It may apply to P. gavia, Forst. 

 (^ = P. opisthomelas, Coues) ; but this is doubtful. The bill, as drawn, is too 

 stout for P. assimilis or its near allies. 



Giglioli and Salvadori suppose that a bird obtained in the South Atlantic 



