PUFFINUS BAILLONI. 



black, and some of the longer ones entirely black ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 pure white ; quills ashy-brown below, the inner webs hoary-whitish ; " bill lead colour ; 

 outer toe, sole, and back of tarsus black, the rest livid ; iris dark brown " (Ogilvie- 

 Grant). Total length about 10.5 inches ; culmen, 0.95 ; wing, 7.1 ; tail, 2.5 ; tarsus, 

 1.45 ; middle toe and claw, 1.75. 



A male obtained by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant in the Azores (Praya Island) had the " iris 

 dark brown ; ridge of culmen and end of lower mandible blackish ; latericorn, and 

 rest of lower mandible slate-colour ; legs slaty-blue, the outer aspect of the tarsus and 

 outer toe black ; middle of webs and joints dusky." 



Lieutenant Boyd Alexander has the following note : — " Bill slaty-blue ; iris dark 

 brown ; legs and feet pale blue, outer foot black ; webs pale yellow ; claws brown." 



The description of the male is taken from a specimen procured on Porto Santo by 

 Padre Schmitz, on the 16th of February, 1895, and now in the Rothschild Collection. 



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