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L. Glauert. 
One hundred and thirty-Hve of these little birds have reached the Museum 
Iroin local beaches sine<' 1912 suo-iiesting that along the extensive coast 
line of South-Western Australia thousands must be cast up every year. 
The great majority of our material falls within the limits of P.salvwi 
and broad-bille<l P.vittHla and small-bilh'd P.tin'tnr being rarely 
met with. Until wo know more about the nesting sites of prions and the 
changes that take place with increasing age the separation of forms by the 
size, shape and structure of th(' bill aloiu* will increase not diminish the 
confusion existing today. 
Pufflnus (Ardenna) carneipes ((umld). Klosliy-t'ocitcd I’clrcl. 
This msidi'iit oi (ho soiilliern coast fhoiioh migrating' uortli and south 
each year is rarely east up on metropolitan beaches. The Jluseum records 
are confined to A!)!)9 found at Cottesloe, May Idth, ]91(i, and A3861 caught 
ahve at Como on the Canning Hi\cr. May 14th, 1931. iMr. F. Lawson 
Whitlock mentions that a number “came ashore during October both locally 
and at Hunhni’v.'’ 
It would seem that the northward journey is iimlertaken in Oetolier and 
the movement sontli in May. Gould's ty])(' locality is ‘islands oft' Ca,p(' 
Leenwin.^^ 
Pufflnus (Thyellodroma) pacificus chlororhynchus (Lesson). IVedge-tailed 
Petrel. ^ 
This petrel, locally known as the IVIutton Bird, lirecd.s on Kottm^st where 
its burrows anMunnelled in the sandy soil near Point Peron. It also inhabits 
Cainac. Specimens from both islands are in the Museum collection. The 
folloAving may he regard as local victims of (he stonn A;i858 Welshpool 
Hoad, 10 miles east of Perth, May 12th, 1981, AddS") (male) North Fre- 
mantle*, September lilfli, lO.'Id, Ar>l91 (h)ttesh.e, ()ctol)(*r 8th, 19d0, A5192 
Cottesloe. (IVmale). Oedober Htli, 19d0. 
The islands off' Frenianlle* appear lo he the soiitiieni limit of Hie bird's 
breeding range on tlie Avest coast of Australia. 
Pufflnus assimilis glauerti (Math.).^^ Little Shearwater. 
This little bird every year falls a victim to winter gales. It is knoAvn to 
breed u|)on the Iloutmaids Abrolhos, and is iirobably the foi-m reeorded as 
breeding on Rottnest Island by Angus Robinson. Twenty-five local speci- 
mens htiAe i(‘a(died the Mns(‘iim siiu'e 1912, a au'i'A' liigli figuri* AA'lum it is 
lecalled that loeal s])eei(‘s rar(‘ly sucemnhefl <Inring tlie gah's, probably 
beeause their knowdedgo of the loeality enables tlnaii to find ad(‘(inate shelter. ' 
Pterodroma lessonii lessonii (Garnof). Wliite-iu'adi'd P(*tre]. 
The firsd reeord of this rather rare petrel is A818 found at Cottesloe 
Beach by M'. B. Alexander in August, 1915. Additional skins in the collec- 
tion are A2531 found at Cottesloe, October 15th, 1922; Add5(i from Leighton, 
July 6th, 19.dd. and A5905 from North Beach, June dOth, P);i9. The stomach 
of the last bird contained a cophalopod lieak and tlie remains, shell and flesh 
of a spirula. 
Mathews. G. M., Emv., Vol. XXXVI., April. 19.S7, p. 278.' 
