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NOTES ON WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PETRELS AND 
ALBATROSSES. 
By L. Glauert, of the W.A. Museum. 
(Bead on 10 th August , 1920.*) 
These notes on species of Turbinares obtained on the coast of 
Western Australia during the winter of 1920, include the first 
authentic record of the presence of the Cape Petrel (Petrella 
capensis) in Australia, and extend the known range of several other 
species. The specimens referred to arc now in the collection of the 
Western Australian Museum, Perth. 
The nomenclature is that of the R.A.O.U. Check List of 1913 
with alterations adopted by the Check List Committee. 
Pterodroma mollis Old. — Soft plumaged Petrel or Shearwater. 
— On May 29th, I found an injured specimen of this rare bird some 
distance from the beach at Cottesloe. Its wing was broken when 
found and the bird died about half an hour later. 
When dissected the stomach was found to contain cephalopod 
beaks and the remains of a cephalopod eye. 
A specimen of this bird was picked up dead on the beach at 
Cottesloe on August 8th, 1919, by the late Mr. F. L. Stronach, as 
a result of which the bird was restored to the Australian list from 
which it was removed by Mr. Gregory Mathews in 1913. 
The only known examples are in the Western Australian Mus- 
eum. 
The type locality is the Southern Atlantic Ocean. 
Macronedes giganteus (Gmelin) — Giant Petrel. — Several speci- 
mens of this bird were received at the Museum during 1920. It 
appears to have been rather abundant. 
The type locality is Staten Island, Tierra del Fuego. 
Petrella capensis (Linne) — Cape Petrel or Cape Pigeon— On 
June 23rd, Mr. F. L. Stronach presented a fine specimen of this bird 
which he had found on the beach some little distance north of 
Cottesloe. When examined it proved to be an immature male. 
♦ By permission of the Trustees of the Museum. 
