PUFFINUS ASSIMILIS. 



tubes black ; front of tarsus and toes greyish-blue ; posterior portion of tarsus 



and sides of toes black ; webs yellowish. 



The latter specimen seems to have differently-coloured soft-parts from the 

 xlustralian and New Zealand birds. 



The description of the male has been taken from an example in the Rothschild 

 Collection ; it was procured by Mr. H. H. Travers on Herald Islet. The female is 

 from the Kermadec Islands, and was formerly in Sir Walter Buller's Collection, but 

 is now in the Rothschild Museum. I have been unable to find the specimen 

 figured by Salvin. 



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