PUFFINUS, 245 



CE. lessoni, 18". Legs yellow. Bill black. Above grey. Whole head, except round 

 the eye, white. Southern Indian Ocean, Australian and New Zealand seas. 



CE. hesitata. 16". The Capped Petrel. Above sooty. Crown and in front and below 

 eye black. Back of neck, upper tail-coverts, and below white. W. Indies. 



(E. jamaicensis. 14". Legs and bill black. Back of neck and whole plumage sooty 

 brown. Jamaica. 



(E. rostraia. 14". Legs yellow. Bill black. Above, under surface of wings and tail- 

 feathers blackish brown. Below and under tail-coverts white. Central Pacific Ocean. 



CE. parvirostris. 15". Similar to CE. rostrata. 



CE. incerta. 1 7i". Legs yellow. Bill black. Above brown, edged paler. Sides of neck 

 and breast pale brown. Mid-throat nearly white. S. Atlantic, near Cape of Good Hope. 



CE. mollis. 14". Legs and bill black. Above grey. A black patch in front of and 

 beneath the eye. Forehead, throat, and neck in front more or less white. Sides of breast 

 grey. South Seas, northwards in the Atlantic to Madeira. 



CE. magentce. From the S. Pacific. 



CE. pJueopygia. 17". Legs yellow. BiU black. Above brownish black. Under wing- 

 coverts white. Tail black. From the Galapagos to the Hawaiian Archipelago. 



CE. brevipes. llj". The White-throated Petrel. Legs yellow. Bill black. Back, wing- 

 coverts, and upper tail-coverts grey. Tail greyish black, laterals pale grey. W. Pacific, New 

 Hebrides, and Fiji Islands, to the southern ice barrier, lat. 68° S., and straying to the English 

 toast. 



CE. hypoleuca. 13". Similar to CE. brevipes, but larger under wing-coverts, mostly dark. 

 N. Pacific Ocean. 



CE. nigripetmis. 12i". Above slaty grey, with dark patch on rump. Feathers of head 

 and neck narrowly edged white. Superciliary white spot. Kermadec Islands. 



CE. brevirostris, 144". Legs dusky. Bill black. Bill much compressed. Nearly uniform 

 slate-grey. S. Atlantic and S. Indian Oceans. 



CE. solandri. 18". Legs and bill black. Head dark brown. Plumage greyish sooty.. 

 Concealed bases of feathers of under surface white. Australia. 



CE. externa. 16". Legs yellow. Bill black. Above grey-black, edged paler. Bases of 

 all feathers white. Back of neck white. Tail grey-black. Coast of Chili. 



CE. cervicalis. 19". Similar to CE, externa, but margins of wing beneath are dark., 

 Eermadec Islands. 



CE. neglecta. 154". The Norfolk Island Shearwater. Legs yellow. Bill black. Above 

 brown, edged paler. Cheeks mottled brown. Under surface white. Sides of neck and breast 

 pale brown. S. Pacific Ocean. 



CE. arminjoniana. 16". Legs yellow. Bill black. Above brown, below white. Chin, 

 sides of neck, and breast mottled grey-brown. Mid-throat white. Trinidad. 



CE. trinitatis. Similar to CE. arminijoniana, but under surface sooty. 



CE. Jieraldica. 14". Legs yellow. Bill black. Above dark brown, edged grey. Forehead and 

 cheeks white, mottled brown. Lateral und er tail-coverts vermiculated with grey. Western Pacific. 



CE. gularis. Similar to CE, heraldica, but abdomen is slaty grey and larger under wing- 

 coverts white. Antarctic Ocean. 



CE. fisheri. Crown white, spotted grey. Back grey. Tail mostly white, in'egularly barred 

 and vermiculated with grey. A black spot beneath eye. Under feathers smoky, but pure 

 white beneath surface. 



CE. scalaris. 10". Above dark grey, tipped ashy white. Chin, throat, chest, centre of 

 breast, and under tail-coverts pure white, rest of lower parts irregularly barred grey. 



CE. leucqptera, 12", Legs yellow. Bill black. Above slaty black, below white. Forehead 

 and sides of neck spotted slaty. Axillaries white. East coast of Australia. 



CE, defillippiana. Similar to (E. Uucoptera, but upper surface much greyer, the wings and 

 a patch on the rump alone being black. Coast of Chili. 



CE. cmhi. Similar to CE. leucoptera, but much more grey. New Zealand seas. 



CE. longirostris. 9|". Like CE. brevipes, but bill much longer, and tail less graduated. 

 Japanese coast. 



CE. axillaris. 12". Similar to CE. cooki, but purer grey, without dark patch on rump. 

 Axillaries black. Chatham Islands. 



Also the genus Fagodroma. With nasal tube high. Claw of hind toe large. One species — 

 F.nivea,li"tol6", The Snowy Petrel. Legs yellow. Bill black. Pure white. Antarctic Seas. 

 Also the genus Bulweria. With long cuneate tail. Nasal tubes fleshy at the end, openings 

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