SOMBRE PETREL. 
Mensueae. 
Ab apice rostri in extremitatem caudae .. .. .. .. 17| unc 
„ „ extremum unguis digiti medii . . . . . . . . 18J „ 
Alae expansae . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • . . 38 „ 
Rostrum longum . . . . . • . . • • • • • • • • 2 „ 
„ latum (transversim) . . . . • . ■ . • • • • i 
„ profundum s. crassum (deorsum) . . . . . . . . . . | „ 
That specimen was procured in 48° S. in the Pacific Ocean, near New Zealand. 
It would seem that this would be the identical specimen upon which Latham 
based his description, and I have therefore designated New Zealand as the 
type-locality of Procellaria grisea Gmelin. 
The following beautiful description of Solander seems worthy of record for 
two reasons : — 
fuliginosa Nectris supra nigricans, subtus fusco-cinerea, rostro pedibusque nigricantibus. 
Eu'opoa (Euapaa ? obs nomen a sono) Insularibus Oceani Paxjifico ? 
Fig. Picta. 
Habitat in Oceano Australi (a Chili occidentali) Lat. austr. XLVIII 27 Longit. occid. 
e Lond. XCIII (Febr. 15, 1769) Lat. austr. XXXVIII 10 Long. occ. CLXXI 5 
(Octob. 2, 1769). Lat. austr. XXXV. 8 Long. occ. CLXXXVIII 30 (Jan 6, 
1770). Lat. austr. XXXIX. 17 Long. occ. CCIV. 6 (Apr. 11, 1770). 
Corpus depressum, magis quam in Anatibus domesticis. Tota Avis supra fuliginoso- 
nigricans, subtus e fusco-cinerea, tectricibus inferioribus alarum albicantibus, 
rachidibus apicibusque cinereis. 
Rostrum rectum, compressum. 
Mandibula superior nigricans, superne prope basin e tubis narium ddatatis ampliata, 
crassiuscula, convexa, lacuna inter nares depressa, dein angustata, convexo- 
cultrata apice adunca ; utrinque a basi sulcus angustus sub tubo narium et 
exinde ad sinum oblique ductus. 
Nares tubulosi. 
Tubi vicini, supra basin rostro dilatati, vix tertiam partem rostri adtingentes. 
Apertura ovales, sublateralis, oblique truncata, seu non prominentes ut in Diomedeis. 
Mandibula inferior recta, pone apicum paulatu gibba, apice parum adunca linea 
longitudinali cutacea a basi ad gibberem notata, infra quam glauca alias nigricans. 
Oculi nigri. 
Pedes compedes. 
Femora brevissima, inferne nuda. 
Tibia ancipites, valde compressa, intus e glauco cahmlescentes, extus nigricantes. 
Digiti superne ca^rulescentes, inferne nigricantes, extimo etjam extus nigrican\te. 
Membrana connectens supra glauca infra nigricans, marginibus fuliginosis. 
Unguis compressus, unicus, brevis, niger, loco digiti postici. 
Avis mense Octobri duas uncias ponderosior. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad finem cauda 1 ped 8 ^ 
inter apices alarum expans 3 do. 4 f 
Rostri 2 \ 
Pondus 1 lb, 13 ) 
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