The Ocean Birds of the Perth Beaches. 
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Pterodroma macroptera albani CVPith.). (h-evTciced Potrel. 
This bird which breeds on certain islets otf our south coast occasionally 
api^ears as an ocean derelict on local beaches. The Museum skins are A294(i 
(male) CV)tt^esloe, July l)th, 1928, AothiO (female) Cottesloe, August 28th, 
1939, A5I87, Cottesloe, October 7th, 1940. In addition there are A4257, 
Maddington, October 31sl, 1932, and A3()25 (young- temale) Northam, 
November 14th, 1929. 
The local bird is intermediate betw(Hai the tyi)ical bird from Kerguelen 
desciibed by lalla and the sub-s[)ecies gouldi from Eastern Australia and 
Ke’w Zealand in the amount of grey (ui the face and measiirenuuds. 
Pterodroma mollis mollis ((Jould). Soll-plumaged Petrel. 
This attracts e bird was first added to the local list Ihi'ough tlie dis- 
covery of a specimen on the beach at Cottesloe bv the late F. L. Stronach on 
August 8th, 1919, A]()4G (female). Oth(>r specimens from Cottesloe in the 
Museum are A1767 (female) May 2J)th, 1920, A2588 August 25th, 1923, 
and A5042 (female) August 21st, 1939; A50()4 (female) was found at North 
fiemantle, August 28th, 1939, In a<ldition there are otlnu' records of 
material })resei‘ved elsoAvhere. 
Pterodroma lugens (Knhl).® Kerguelen J’etrel. 
This bird distiiig'iiisha))lo from all otlier <lark ixdi'els as yet known to 
ha\ e been found locally by its sinaller size and dark grey plumage was first 
recorded from Australian beaches by F. Lawson Whitlock in” 1927, the 
Kpeeimen having been found at Cottesloe Beaeli on June 'ird of that yc'ai'. 
The Jluseum has a. skin from Leighton A4672 (female) eollected 
September 24th, 1935, and a skull A4()79 from remains found on the same 
heaeh a month later. 
Further linds are reeorded by Dr. Serventy. 
Oceanites oceanicus parvus (Falla). ( *?) Wilson Storm Petrel. 
Two Wilson Sloi'm Petrels were eolleeted on Cottesloe Heaeh by Dr Tj L 
Serventy oil May 29th, 192(). These are the only local nwords sin>i)orted by 
iiiateiial. the male A2(90 in all its nieasiircnients, e.xeejit tlu' (ail, is close, 
to the type of talla .s suh-spindes from Koval Sound, Kerguelen, it also has 
the^“less defined pale edging on the greater wing eoverls." The female 
A2791 is somewhat larger and has well (h'fined whitish edges to some of the 
greater wing eoverts as in the (y]iieal form. The above name is therefore 
given with some hesitatiun. 
Pelagcdroma marina dulciae (Math.). White-faeed Storm Petrel. 
Kow and again speciniems are found on local heaehes after stormy 
weather. The Mii.scuni reeords are: AlfiSl, At (>44, At(i5(t, A29()0 and Aois’fi 
from Cotte.sloe and A2948 from Fremantle. The liii-d is known to breed on 
islets off the coast. 
Phaethon rubricauda westralis (Math.). Bed-tailed Ti-opic Bird. 
This northern ])ird at times visits the Perth area. On December 30th, 
1928, a couple flew so low in a southerly direction at Cottesloe that their 
characteristic tad feathers could be recognised with the naked (\y(*. Several 
*PterQ(lrmna, brfivirn.s-fris f Lesson) auct. 
