448 G. JE. Verrill — Some Birds and Eggs collected at 



the shell is thin, very rough on the outside and has a very strong 

 musky odor. The color is dirty white, much stained with dirty yel- 

 lowish, but the extreme ends are much whiter and comparatively 

 smooth. 



Neither the American nor English Transit Expedition appears to 

 have procured any of these eggs. 



9. .ffistrelata lessoni (Gam.). White-headed Petrel. " Mutton Bird." 

 Procellaria lessoni Garnot, Ann. Sci. Xat., vii, 1826, p. 54, pi. 4. 



jEstrelata lessoni Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1862, p. 327; Kidder and 

 Coues, Bull. Nat. Mus., No. 2, p. 27 ; iid., op. cit., No, 3, p. 14; Sharpe, Philos. Trans. 

 Eoy. Soc, vol. 168, p. 126; Saunders, op. cit., p. 164; Salvin, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 737; 

 id., Voy. of Chal., ZooL, vol. ii, p. 144. 



One skin from Kerguelen. 



Mr. Comer states that the "mutton birds " are also found at South 

 Georgia and Gough Island. No other notes apply to this bird except 

 the general remark that "Mutton Birds, Paddy-unkers, Divers, 

 Whale Birds, and Mother Carey Chickens all have their nests in 

 holes in the ground, on side hills, and do not come out except at 

 night for fear of large birds. Each lays one Qgg, as does also the 

 Night Hawk." * 



10. Daption capensis (Linn.). Pintado Petrel. Cape Pigeon. " Speckled Hag- 

 let." 



Procellaria capensis Linn., S. N., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 132. 



Daption capensis Steph., Gen. ZooL, xiii, pt. i, 1825, p. 241 ; Kidder and Coues, 

 Bull. Nat. Mus., No. 2, note, p. 39, 1876; Salvin, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 737; id., Voy. of 

 Chal., Zool, vol. ii, p. 144; Sharpe, Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc, vol. 168, p. 118. 



Two skins from Kerguelen. 



Mr. Comer says this bird is also found at South Georgia but has 

 no other notes concerning it. 



11. Prion desolatus (Gm.). "Whale Bird." 

 Procellaria desolata Gm., S. N., i, 1788, p. 562. 



Prion desolatus Gray, Handlist Birds, iii, 1871, p. 108; Sharpe, Philos. Trans. "Roj. 

 Soc, vol. 168, p. 137; Saunders, op. cit., p. 165; Salvin, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 738; id., 

 Voy. of Chal, vol. ii, Zool, p. 145. 



Pseudoprion desolatus Kidder and Coues, Bull. Nat. Mus., No. 2, p. 32 ; iid., op. cit., 

 No. 3, p. 16. 



Two skins and one egg from Kerguelen. 

 * Majaqueus oequinoctialis f 



