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U. S. p. E. B. EXP, AND SURVETS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL EEPOET. 



Puffinus, the genus Priofinus, Homb. et Jacq., for which this species is given as the type, will 

 have priority. It would, therefore, appear to have the best claiifl to Gmelin's name, which has 

 been more generally applied to P. major, Faber. 



