Oedbb TUBINAEES.] 
[Fam. PEOCELLARIIDiE. 
PUFFINUS GEISEUS. 
(SOMBKE SHEAEWATEE.) 
Procellaria grisea, Gmel. ex Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. p. 399 (1785). 
Procellaria tristis, Forster, Descr. An. p. 205 (1844). 
Puffinus major. Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terr. p. 17 (1846). 
Procellaria fuliginosa, Hombr. Voy. Pole Sud, iii. p. 138 (nec Strickland, 1853). 
Puffinus tristis. Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 244. 
Nectris amaurosoma. Cones, Proc. Phil. Acad. 1864, p. 124. 
Puffinus amaurosoma. Gray, Hand-1, of B. iii. p. 102 (1871). 
Puffinus tristis, Buller, Birds of New Zealand, 1st ed. p. 317 (1873). 
Puffinus griseus, Finsch, J. f. O. 1874, p. 209, 
Puffinus stricMandi, Kidgw. Man. N. Amer. Birds, p. 61 (1887)*. 
Puffinus griseus, Salvin, Ibis, 1888, p. 355, 
Native names. — Titi, Hakoakoa f, and Totorore : “ Mutton-bird ” of the colonists. 
Ad. similis P. ienuirostri, sed major et obscurior, plumis corporis superioris sordide brunneo marginatis : subtiis 
interdum pallidior : rostro cinerascenti-nigro, culmine flavicanti-brunneo : pedibus dilate cyanesceatibus : 
palmis pallide brunneis ; iride nigrS,. 
Adult. Entire plumage blackish grey, the feathers of the upper parts narrowly margined with dull brown ; in 
some specimens lighter grey on the throat and underparts of the body ; inner lining of wings greyish white, 
mottled and clouded with dark grey. Irides black ; bill dull greyish black, inclining to yellowish brown on 
the ridge ; tarsi and toes bluish grey, the webs yellowish. Total length 15 inches ; wing, from flexure, 11-6 ; 
tail 3’5; bill, along the ridge 1‘75, along the edge of lower mandible ; tarsus 2 ; middle toe and claw 
2-3. 
Nestling. Covered with thick slaty grey down. 
This bird resembles Puffinus tenuirostris, but is appreciably larger, as will be seen on referring to 
their respective measurements. It is a common species in the New-Zealand seas, and is said to be 
extremely abundant at Stewart’s Island and on the adjacent coast. It is also comparatively plentiful 
on the Island of Kapiti, where it is found breeding as late as March. On the Island of Karewa and 
* Mr. Salvin writes : — “ There is now a large series of skins of this bird in the British Museum ; and I have taken the 
opportunity of comparing birds from the North Atlantic with others from the Pacific Ocean, and have failed to see how two 
species can he set up as proposed by Mr. Eidgway. In his recently published ‘ Manual ’ it will be seen that dimensions do not 
afford any diagnostic characters, and that the only difference to he detected is that the under wing-coverts in the Atlantic bird 
are grey, transversely mottled with white at the tips, whereas in P. griseus they are white, transversely mottled with grey at the 
tips. A comparison of specimens shows how trivial this difference is. In the Pacific Ocean this species occurs as far north as 
the Kurile Islands, whence specimens have been sent by Mr. H. J. Snow.” (Ibis, 1888, p. 355.) 
t One of the Ngatiapa witnesses in the Eangatira ease gave the following evidence : — “ Pirihakoakoa is the name of a 
place in the cliffs far up the Eangitikei river— where the Hakoakoa was accustomed to breed. We repaired thither at the right 
season to extract the young birds from the holes. The cry of this bird was Pipiritci-pifirilci-tawharara.” 
