Order PROCELLARI I FORMES 
Family PROCE LLARII DJS. 
No. 89. 
PUFFINUS CARNEIPES CARNEIPES. 
FLESH-FOOTED PETREL. 
(Plate 76.) 
PuiTiNTjs Oarneipes Gould, Ann. Mag, Nat, Hist., Vol. XIII., p. 365, 1844 ; south-west 
coast of Australia. 
Puffinus carneipes Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist., Vol. XIII,, p. 365, 1844 ; id.. Birds Austr., 
Vol. VII., PI. 57, 1848 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1888, p. 355 ; BuUer, Birds New Zeal., 2nd ed., 
Vol. II., p. 234, 1888 ; id., Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 1892, Vol. XXV., p. 61, 1893 ; 
Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit, Mus., Vol. XXV., p. 385, 1896 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr. p. 92, 
1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 880, 1901 ; Buller, Suppl. Birds New 
Zeal., Vol. I., p. 103, 1905 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 92, 1906 ; Reichenow, 
Deutsche Siidp. Exp., Zool., p. 487, 1907 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., 
p. 16, 1908 ; Godman, Monogr, Petrels, p. 142, 1908 ; Grant, Ibis, 1910, p. 658 ; 
Littler, Handb. Birds Tasm., p. 165, 1910. 
Priofinus carneipes Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Sci., Paris, Vol. XLII., p. 769, 1856. 
Nectris carneipes Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. II., p. 201, 1857 ; Coues, Proc. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Philad. 1864, pp. 126, 143 ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 465, 
1865 ; North, Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, p. 361, 1889. 
Puffinus (Nectris) carneipes 'RdmsB^y,PTOQ. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.,Vol. 11., p. 202, 1877, Vol. III., 
p. 406, 1878. 
Distribution. West Austrahan seas. 
Adult male. General colour above sooty-black, somewhat darker on the head; the 
feathers of the back, scapulars, and wings with pale brown margins ; quills black, 
inner webs pale brown, the shafts paler at the base ; under-surface brown ; sides of 
the face and throat tinged with hoary-grey ; “ Bill flesh-colour ; culmen and tips 
of both mandibles brown ; iris brown ; feet flesh colour ” (J. T. Tunney)\ Total 
length 455 mm., culmen (exp.) 40, wing 310, tail 104, tarsus 54. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Immature. Does not appear to have been described. 
Nest. At the end of a long burrow. 
Egg. Clutch one ; pure white ; axis 66-72 mm., diameter 47-48. 
Breeding-season. November to January. 
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