264 TUBINARES. 



side by side iu the centre of the mandible. They all possess the 

 ambiens muscle except the genus Pelecanoides. 



There may be about 70 species of Shearwaters of various genera, 

 most of which belong to the Southern Hemisphere, and six of which 

 have been recorded from the Japanese seas. 



259. PUFFINUS LEUCOMELAS. 

 (SIEBOLD'S SHEARWATER.) 



Procellaria leucomelas, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, no. 587 (1836). 



Siebold's Shearwater is the largest of the Japanese Shearwaters 

 (wing from carpal joint 13 to 125- inches). It is brown above and 

 white below, but there is much white on the forehead and crown, and 

 some brown on the under wing-coverts. The bill, legs, and feet are 

 pale. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 85. 



Head of Puffinus leucomelas. Natural size, 



Siebold's Shearwater is found in all the Japanese seas. There are 

 several examples in the British Museum collected by Mr. Henson at 

 Hakodadi, and there are two examples in the Pryer collection from 

 Yokohama (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 176) . 



Siebold's Shearwater ranges as far south as the Malay Archipelago, 

 where it has been recorded from the Philippines, Borneo, Celebes, the 

 Moluccas, New Guinea, and the Duke of York Island. 



