464 G. JE. Vei'rill — Some Birds and Eggs collected at 



Distribution of species. 



Appended, are lists of the birds said by Mr. Comer to inhabit 

 Gough Island and the Island of South Georgia. Also a list of the 

 additional species previously recorded from the Tristan Group. The 

 notes in quotation marks are Mr. Comer's own description of the 

 relative abundance of the birds, the English names quoted are those 

 used by the sealers and whalers. 



Gough Island. 



■^1 . Sparrow. ? Eound black spot on breast. Very common. 

 *2. Sparrow. ? Lacks black spot on breast. Very common. 



3. Porpliyriornis comeri Allen. " Mountain Cock." " Quite plentiful." 



4. Diomedea exulans Linn. " Albatross." Abundant. 



5. Tholassogeron eximius Verrill. " Blue-headed Molly Moke." Abundant. 



6. Fhoebetria fuUginosa (Gm.). " Peole." " Pearr." Common. 



7. Ossifraga gigantea (Gm.). "Xellie." "Stinker." "Xot many on this island.'^ 



8. ^strelata lessoni (Gam.). " Mutton Bird." Common. 



9. Prion desolatus (Gm.). " Whale Bird." Common. 



f 10. Petrel sp. ? " Paddy unker." " Dark bird with white breast and white feet.'^ 



11. Stercoraritis anta7xticus (Less.), "Sea Hen." " Quite plentiful." 



12. Larus dominicanus Licht, " Sea Gull." " A very few." 



13. Sterna vittaia Grm. *' Mackerel Gull." " Quite a few." 



14. Anous stolidus (Linn.). " Mackerel Gull." " Quite a number." 



15. Eudyptes chrysocome {Fovsi). " Rock Hopper Penguin." Exceedingly abundant. 



"They number millions." 



Note 1 : — Several species of the smaller petrels undoubtedly also occur on this 

 island but are not mentioned by Mr. Comer. 



Note 2: — All of the above birds, with the possible exception of Nos. 12, 13 and 

 14, breed on the island. 



Of the above birds Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are probably peculiar to this 

 island, No. 5 (sp. nov.), has not been recorded, though it is probably 

 found elsewhere, and Nos. 8 and 9 have not, so far as I know, been 

 recorded from the other islands of the Tristan Group, unless they 

 are the same as some of the following, as is perhaps also No. 10. 

 The other nine species given above have also been recorded from 

 other islands of this group and also the following species in addition. 



Additional Species recorded from the other Islands of the Tristan da Cunha Group. 



1. Nesocichla eremita Gld. Tristan and Inaccessible. By Carmichael and Chal. Exp. 



2. Nesosplza acunhoe Cab. Inaccessible. By Carmichael, Cabanis and Chal. Exp. 

 (3. Crithagra insularis Cab.). By Cabanis. 



* See p. 463. f See p. 449. 



