dove-like fui.mars. 
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ground, over which a fire had passed, destroying all the 
furface vegetation. The young at this tune were halfigrow , 
thickly covered with light grey down, and extremely fot. On 
being held up by the feet, oily matter ran freely ^ 
throats The old birds, on being taken hold of, foug 
fiercely with their bills. These birds are at aU tnnes more 
nocturnal than diurnal, and when hovering overhead at mg , 
utter a frequent call-note, like tce-tee-tce, from which the Maori 
"""‘‘Ther^Trf 'several well-known breeding-places on the 
south-east coast of Otago, and on ® 
which large supplies of potted birds are 
forwarded to the northern tribes, a poha Mi (or 
preserved Petrel) being a gift worth the acceptance ot the 
highest chief.” 
Nest— According to Mr. Travers’ observations in the 
Chatham Islands, this Petrel makes a burrow in peaty ground- 
running horizontally for about three or four feet and then 
turning to the right or left, while a slight nest of twigs and 
leaves at the extremity serves as a receptacle for the smgle egg. 
The male assists in the work of incubation, and the young 
birds, which are very fat, are esteemed a delicacy by the 
Maories, who hold them over their mouths m order to allmv 
the oily matter which is disgorged. The 
shore, and are very noisy during the night. (Cf. baunders. 
Manual, p. i8.) 
Eggs.— One, white. Dr. PI. O. Forbes gives the measurements 
of a series. -A-xis, 2'7-3'2 inches; diam. f82-2-i5. 
THE DOVE-LIKE FULMARS. GENUS CESTRELAIA. 
OLsirelata, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. '88 (1855). 
Type, (E. hasitata (Kuhl). 
The genus CEstrelata comprises about thirty species, mostly 
restricted to the southern temperate and tropical oceans, 
ranging north in the Pacific to Japan, and occasiona > 
wandering to the latitude of the British Islands. 
The number of tail-feathers is ahv.ays twelve. The tarsi are 
not compressed as in the genus Puffinus, but are rounded on 
