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Fam. PUFFINIDAE. 

 PuFFiNus, Brisson, 1760, 

 Puffinus griseus, Gmelin. (Mutton-bird.) 



Procellaria grisea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., ed. xiii, i, 1788, p. 564. 



This bird is known from the Auckland Islands, and I found remains of the species 

 killed, presumably, by the skuas at Disappointment Island. I am unaware of the 

 species we saw off the Snares, but in places the sea was black with myriads of shear- 

 waters, which rose in clouds as the steamer's siren was sounded for the benefit of 

 possible marooned sailors. 



Under the name P. tristis, Forster, Filhol says that this species breeds in 

 thousands on Campbell Island. 



Hah. — North and South Atlantic, Southern Ocean, Australia, Tasmania, New 

 Zealand, Stewart Island, Snares, Chatham, Auckland, and Campbell Islands. 



Puffinus gavia, Forster. (Forster's shearwater.) 



Procellaria gavia, Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Licht., 1844, p. 148. 



There is an example of this shearwater in the Rothschild Museum, collected by 

 Henry Travers at the Snares. It is a common species in New Zealand seas. 



Priocella, Hombron and Jacquinot, 1844. 



Priocella glacialoides, Smith. (Silvery-grey fulmar.) 



Procellaria glacialoides. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, 1840, pi. v. 



The only reference I have seen of this species in our subantarctic islands is the 

 following, by Dr. Godman :* " Three examples from the islands to the south of New 

 Zealand are in the Rothschild collection." 



Oestrelata, Bonaparte, 1855, 

 Oestrelata lessoni, Garnot. (White-headed petrel.) 



Procellaria lessoni, Garnot, Ann. Sci. Nat., vii, 1826, p. 54, pi. iv. 



This bird is known to breed on the Kerguelen and Antipodes Islands. I found 

 it nesting on Disappointment Island, Auckland Group, where it makes burrows 

 under shelter of the Ligusticum plants. I also found remains of adults killed by 

 skua gulls, for one of these marauders was engaged in pulling one to pieces when 

 disturbed. 



Hob. — Indian Ocean southward, Australia, New Zealand, Auckland and Anti- 

 podes Islands. 



Oestrelata gularis, Peale. (Mottled fulmar.) 



Procellaria gularis, Peale, U.S. Explor. Exp., 1848, p. 299. 

 Buller identified this species from the Auckland Islands, 



* Godman, loc. cit., iii, 1908, p. 167. 



