PUFfUfUS. 



155 



1. Culpepper Island, Galapagos, 27tli July Webster-Harris JExped. 



(C. D. Hull). 

 1. Culpepper Island, 27th July {F. P. Webster-Harris Exped. 



I)ro 



rovme). 



Fuffinns assimilis, Gould. 



Puffinus nugax, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 458 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 377, pi. xxi. flg. 3 (1880). 



Puffinus assimilis, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 239 (1888) ; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 384 (1896) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 50 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ix. {Sappl^ p. 407 (1896) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899). 



The eggs of the Allied Shearwater in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-9 by 1-45 ; 1-9 by 1-34 ; 2 by 1-43 ; 2 by 1-4. 



1. St. Ambrose, 21st July. Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 



2. Kaoul Island, Kermadee Group, Voy. H.M.S. ' JETerald.' 



Pacific Ocean, July (J.MacgiUiway). 



1. Great Salvage Island, 25th April. Hon. C. Baring & W. K. 



Ogilvie Grant, Esq. [P.]. 



Fnffiniis carueipes, Gould. 



Nectris carneipes, Gould, Randb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 465 (1865) ; North, 



Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 361 (1889). 

 Puffinus carneipes, Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 385 (1896) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899). 



The eggs of the Fleshy-footed Shearwater in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 2*75 by 1'95 ; 2'85 by 1'83. 



2. Australia {E. P. Ramsay). Seebohm Coll. 



Puffinus tenuirostris {Temm.). 



ProceUaria brevicauda, Thien. Fortpjkmz. pes. Vog. tab. xcii. fig. 7 



(1845-54). 

 Puffinus obscurus, JJ. Elwes, Ibis, 1859, p. 397. 

 Nectris brevicaudus, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 459 (1865) ; 



North, Nests 4; Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 360 (1889). 

 Puffinus tenuirostris. Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 230 (1888) ; 



Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 388 (1896) ; Montgomery, Ibis, 



1898, p. 209 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 124 (1899). 



The eggs of the Short-tailed Shearwater, or Mutton-bird, measure 

 from 2-5 to 2-9 in length, and from 1'66 to 1'9 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Old Collection. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbrick,Esq.,Q.O.rP.]. 



2. Goose Island, Bass Straits, 3rd March Voy. H.M.S. ' Rattlesnake.' 



{J. MaegUlivray). 



2. Bass Straita. Gould Coll. 



2. Port Davey, Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



2. Lord Howe Island, Dec. {J. Mac- Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



gittivray). 



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



