.416 JiEsemmx. 



markings. ®f reddish-ehestant and reddish-brown, 'principally on 

 the apex of the egg, intermingled with others of a purplish 

 and deep bluish-grey appearing as if beneath the surface of the 

 shell. Length 1-95 X 1-44 inch. 



Hob. Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, Australia, New Zealand. 



(ESTRELATA PHILLIPII, G. B. Gray. 

 Phillip's Petrel. 

 G. E.rOray, Ibis, 1862, p. 246. 



This species figured in Governor Phillip's Voyage to Botany 

 Bay, as the Norfolk Island Petrel, and subsequently described by 

 G. R. Gray as Procdlaria phillipii, Dr. Metcalfe informs me is 

 very difiicult to procure on account of its nocturnal habits, and 

 is only to be obtained about January when it resorts to the west 

 side of the Island to breed, depositing a single egg at the end of 

 a burrow in the sandy soil. During a period of ten years he has 

 only obtained two birds and three eggs, one of the latter of which 

 he has kindly forwarded ; it is ovoid in form, of a dull white, the 

 surface of the shell having numerous shallow pittings, although 

 smooth to. the touch and presenting a glossy appearance. Length 5' /[,{'. 

 2-14 X 1-62 inches. 



Hah. Norfolk Island. 



