152 PUFFINIDiB. 



Family PUFFINIDyE. 

 Sub-Family PUFFININiE. 



Genus PUPPINUS, Briss. 



The eggs of the Shearwaters are unspotted white and the shell is 

 smooth. In shape they vary from blunt to pointed ovals, 

 l)ut occasionally they are elliptical. They sometimes exhibit a 

 small amount of gloss, but as a rule they are glossless. 



Puf&niis cuneatus, Salwin. 



Puffinus cuneatus, Seebohm, Ibis, 1891, p. 191 ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 XXV. p. 371 (1896) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. i. p: 123 (1899). 



The eggs of Snow's Shearwater measure from 2-37 to 2'65 in 

 length, and from 1-57 to 172 in breadth. 



1. Sulphur I., Bonin Islands, 8th June Seebohm Cull. 



(P. 'A. Solst). 



2. Bailey I., Bonin Islands, 2nd July Seebohm OoU. 



(P. A. H.). 



3. Bailey I., 2nd July (P. A. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 2. Bailey I., 9th July (P. A. R.). Seebohm Coll. 



Puffinus chlororhynchus, Less. 



PulEnus sphenurus, Crowfoot, Ibis, 1885, p. 268. 



ThieUus sphenurus, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 466 (1865). 



Puffinus chlororhynchus, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 1054 (1880) ; Milne- 

 Edwards Sf Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 680, pi. 308. 

 fig. 8 (1885) ; Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed.' ii. p. 235 (1888) ; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 372 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of the "Wedge-tailed Shearwater measure from 2*4 to 

 2'65 in length, and from 1-67 to 1"8 in breadth. 



1. Round Island, Mauritius. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Bound Island (E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman OoU. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 

 2. Australia (J. Macgillivray). Gould Coll. 



2. Lord Howe Island (E. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Norfolk Island, 29th Dec. Dr. W. M. Crowfoot [P.]. 



Puffinus kuhll {Boie). 



Procellaria puffinus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vbg. tab. xcii. fig. 5 (1845-54). 

 Puffinus cinereus, Baedelcer, Eier Eur. Vogi tab. 55. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; 



Wright, Ibis, 1863, p. 439 ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. v. p. 86, 



pL — (1876). 



