ALLIED PETREL. 
Bonaparte. Then was noted the doubt of the correctness of the attachment of 
the North African islands breeding form to that breeding on Reunion, Seychelles, 
etc., which had been carefully pointed out by Rothschild and Hartert in their 
essay. In the Auk, Vol. XXV., p. 339, 1908, “ J. A. A.,” without due apprecia- 
tion of the intricacies of the nomenclature of this group, and also of the difficulties 
attending the accurate differentiation of the forms, boldly proposed the new 
name Pufflnus godmani for the bird breeding at the Madeira Islands. This name 
was given in a review of the Part of the Monograph, and was overlooked by 
Rothschild and Hartert, who, procuring a series of specimens from the Seychelles 
and Reunion, carefully differentiated the north-east Atlantic form thus {Bull. 
Brit. Orn. Club., Vol. XXVII., p. 43, 1911): '' Puffinus obscurus atlanticus, 
subsp. n. The lores, which are dark in P. o. bailloni, are white, except on the 
uppermost part, in P. o. atlanticus ; the dark patch on each side of the chest is 
larger, and of a darker brown in P. o. bailloni, while in P. o. atlanticus it is 
greyer in colour. Size similar. Wing measurement of P. o. atlanticus 180-190 
mm. Type, Porto Santo, near Madeira.” 
It has recently been pointed out in British Birds, Vol. V., p. 253, 1912, that 
P. godynani Allen has priority over P. o. atlanticus R. and H., but, as above 
noted, Bonaparte’s name of P. baroli has fifty years priority over P. godmani 
Allen. “ H. F. W.” there gives a note regarding the fifth authenticated 
occurrence of this little Shearwater, remarking : “ They are all of the Madeiran 
race.” In the British Museum is a specimen from the Gould collection which 
was procured from Whitely, who said it had been obtained in Devonshire. It 
undoubtedly belongs to the West Indian form, so that it would appear that its 
history was reasonably true, as a West Indian bird could easily arrive in Devon- 
shire. 
The Solander MS. gives the following detailed descriptions of the two 
species Nectris munda and Nectris nugax, which explain much that was hitherto 
in doubt : — 
Munda Nectris supra cinereo-nigricans, subtus nivea, rostro glaueo apice nigricante, naribus 
triple longiore. 
Fig. Piet. 
Habitat in Oceano Australi. Lat. austr, XLVIII. : 27, Long. occ. e Lond. XCIII. {Feb. 
15, 1769). Lat. austr. XXXV : 8 Long. occ. CLXXXVIII ; 30 (Jan. 6, 1770). 
Caput totum superne, ut et Collum, Dorsum, Uropygium, Cauda Ala' que superne 
calybeato-nigricantia. Gula, lugulum, Pectus, Ahdo^nen, Venter, Cr^issus, Femora 
et Ala' subtus, imo tota avis interne nivea. 
Rostrum rectum, compressum. 
Mandibula superior basi pone nares (ex eorum tubis complanatis) dilatata, planiuscula 
cum carinula in medio acuta ; dein angustata in medio sulco obtuso notata, 
apice adunca ; sulco angusto a basi sub tubulos, narium and dein versus sinu 
utrinque ducto. Infra hunc sulcum Mandibula est e ca'ruleo glauea, supra autem 
et apice nigricans. 
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