the surface of the shell, which although not thickly disposed yet 

 are in some places confluent, and more indistinct than is usually 

 found on the eggs of other allied species. There is very little 

 variation in their size and shape, two average specimens measure 

 as follows :— length (A) 1-63 x M6 inch; (B) 1-67 x 1-2 inch. 



Hab. Lord Howe, and Norfolk Islands. 



PUFFINUS SPHENUEUS, Gould. 

 "Wedge-tailed Petrel. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. AusL, Vol. ii., sp. 638, p. 466. 



During the months of November and December, this bird was 

 found breeding in great numbers, and like most of iih&ProcellariidoB, 

 they dig a long tunnel or burrow in the sand or soft earth, 

 many of these burrows are several feet in length, and a single egg 

 is deposited at the extremity, which when fresh is snow-white, 

 but soon becomes stained and soiled. There is great variation in 

 the shape and size, true ovals, lengthened and swollen ovals 

 predominating, some terminating abruptly at one end, others being 

 sharply pointed. Length (A) 2-35 x 1-67 inches; (B) 2-45 x 1-6 

 inches; (C) 2-45 x 1-68 inches; (D) 2-57 x 1-64 inches. 



Dr. Metcalfe remarks that on Norfolk Island he has frequently 

 found the egg of this bird under the shelter of an overhanging 

 rock. 



Hab. Lord Howe, and Norfolk Islands. 



PUFFINUS NUGAX, Solcmd. 



AUied Petrel. 



Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 635, p. 458. ~10^ 3 



Like other members of the family this bird deposits its single 

 egg upon the bare sand, but either in a hole or under the shelter 

 of some projecting rock. Two eggs taken by Dr. Metcalfe from 



