244 PUFFINUS. 



P. assimilis. lOJ". Inner webs of primaries edged white. Australia and New Zealand 

 seas, and northwards in Atlantic to Madeira. 



P. elegans. II4". S. Atlantic. 



P. gavia. 12". Legs dusky. Bill dark horn colour. Under tail-coverts pure white. 

 Axillaries sooty. New Zealand and Australian seas. 



P. opisthomelas. 12". Primaries wholly dark beneath. Under tail -coverts sooty black. 

 Flanks and axillaries dusky. California. 



P. auricularis. 12J". Similar to P. opisthomelas, but flanks and axillaries white. Coast 

 of Mexico. 



P. anglorum. 15". The Manx Shearwater. Above slaty black. Below white. Lower 

 breast grey. Axillaries white, subterminally black. N. Atlantic Ocean, south to coast of 

 Brazil. One egg (2-4 x 1-7), white. 



P. yelkouanus. 15". The Levantine Shearwater. Similar to P. anglorum, but axillaries, 

 lower flanks, and under tail-coverts mostly pale sooty. Mediterranean Sea, straying northwards 

 to Devonshire and Cornwall, where it is known as " Kitty Carew," from its call. 



P. gravis. 19". The Great Shearwater. Legs yellow. Bill horny. Back and upper tail- 

 coverts conspicuously edged dusky. Sides of neck distinctly defined. Middle of abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts sooty. It "shears the water" as it alights and dives. In flight it 

 keeps its wings bent, and glides along without much flapping, rolling from side to side, and 

 just skimming the waves. Hind toe replaced by a sort of spur. Atlantic Ocean from Green- 

 land to Cape of Good Hope and Falkland Islands. 



P. kukli. 20". Legs yellow. Bill yellow, tip dusky. Sides of neck mottled. Flanks 

 and mid-abdomen white. Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic. 



P. creatopus. 20". Legs yellow. Bill yellow, tip dusky. Sides of head mottled. Above, 

 including npper tail-coverts, dark grey-brown. From California to coast of Chili. 



Plumage generally sooty. 



P. cameipes. 19 J". Legs flesh colour. Bill flesh, tip dusky. Under wing-coverts sooty. 

 Australia and New Zealand seas, northwards to Japan. 



P. griseus. 18". The Sooty Shearwater. Legs hazel. Bill dusky. Above sooty, edged 

 paler. Below brown. Under wing-coverts, ashy with dark shafts. Formerly taken to be the 

 young of the Great Shearwater. From Faroe Islands to Straits of Magellan in Atlantic, and 

 Kurile Islands to Auckland Islands in the Pacific. 



P. tenuirostris. 13". Legs yellow. Bill dusky. Above sooty brown. Under wing-coverts 

 pale grey. Australia and New Zealand seas, northwards to Japan and Alaska and eastwards 

 to Samoa, 



P. nativUatis. 14". Similar to P. tenuirostris. Legs and feet black. Below dark brown. 

 Central N. Pacific Ocean. 



Nostrils united in a single opening directed forwards. 



Also the genus Priofinus. With nasal tube comparatively short. One species — P. cinereus, 

 19", legs flesh brown, bill yellow, nares and culmen black, above ashy with dark shafts, below 

 white, sides of head and neck pale grey. Southern Oceans. 



Also the genus Thalassceca. "With nasal tube comparatively long. One species — T. antarcliea, 

 17", legs yellow, bill blackish, above brown, upper tail-coverts white, tail white, tipped brown, 

 throat pale brown, below white, Antarctic Seas. 



Also the genus Priocella. With tail of fourteen feathers. One species — P. glaaCaloides, 

 18", legs flesh colour, bill yellow, nares, culmen and tip black, above pale grey, a dark spot in 

 front of the eye, forehead, cheeks, and below white, tail pale grey. South Seas. 



Also with tarsus not compressed. Tail moderate, rounded. 



The genus Majaqueus. With nasal tube almost united into a single opening directed for- 

 wards. Claw of hind toe small. Two species — M. equinoctialis, 20", the Black Shearwater, 

 legs black, bill yellowish, above sooty with pale edgings, chin and shafts of primaries white. 

 South Seas, north to about lat. 30° S, ; M, parkinsoni, 18", similar to M. equinoctialis, but 

 chin sooty black, New Zealand seas. 



Also the genus (Estrelata. Dove-like Fulmars. With nasal opening directed slightly 

 upwards. Claw of hind toe small. Thirty species of " Swimming Petrels " : — 



CE. macroptera. 16J"- Legs and bill black. Entire plumage sooty brown. Southern 

 Oceans. 



(E. sterrima. 14". Legs dark red. Similar to CE. macroptera. Masoarene Islands. 



