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PEOCELLABIID^ 



PEIOFINUS 



Genus II. PRIOFINUS. 



Type. 



Priofinus, Homhr. d Jacq. Gom;pt. Bend, xviii, p. 355 



(1844) P. cinereus. 



This genus closely resemlsles Puffinus, differing only in the shape 

 of the nasal tubes ; these are somewhat higher and slightly swollen 

 at the orifices, and open forwards and slightly inwards but not 

 upwards, so that from above they are hardly visible. 



One species only is assigned to this genus ; it is found through- 

 out the Southern Ocean. 



788. Priofinus cinereus. Great G-rey Petrel. 



Prooellaria cinerea, Omel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 563 (1788) ; Sperling, Ibis, 



1868, p. 293 ; Reichenotv, Vog. Afr. i, p. 25 (1900). 

 Procellaria hsesitata (nee Kuhl), Gould, B. Austr. vii, pi. 47 (1848); 



Hutton, Ibis, 1869, p. 352. 

 Adamastor cinereus, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 164; G-reen, Ocean 



Birds, p. 27 (1887). 

 Priofinus cinereus, Salvin, Cat. B. M. xxv, p. 390 (1896) ; Shelley, 



B. Afr. i, p. 167 (1896) ; Shnrpe, Southern Cross E^pcd. p. 142 



(1902). 



Pig. 146. — Head of Priofinus cinereus. 



Description. Adult. — Above French grey, darker on the head, 

 wings and tail ; feathers of the back and rump with dark brown 

 shaft-marks ; below white ; the sides of the face and neck pale grey ; 



