LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Procellaria leucocephala Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Lieht., p. 206, (pref.) Jan. 1st, 1844 : 
Not of Kuhl, Beitr. Vergl. Anat., p. 142, 1820, nor Griffith “ 1829.” 
Procellaria vagabunda Mathews, Birds Austr., Yol. II., pt. ii., p. 156, July 31st, 1912 
Straits, Australia. 
Australian Seas. 
(ex Solander MS.) : Bass 
JEstrelata lessonii australis Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. 
Wales. 
III., pt. 3, p. 54, April 7th, 1916 : Sydney, New South 
Distribution. Southern Australian Seas. 
LXVII. Genus COOKILARIA. 
Cookilaria Bonaparte, Comptes Bendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Yol. XLIII., p. 994, Nov. 1856, Substitute name for 
“ Rhantistes Beiehenbaeh.” Type (by original designation) : Procellaria cookii Gray. 
Rhantistes Beiehenbaeh, Nat. Syst. Vogel, pt. iv., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation) : P. cookii 
Gray. 
Not Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Nat. Syst., p. 105, 1829. 
73. COOKILARIA COOKII. WHITE. WINGED PETREL. 
t- Procellaria cookii Gray, in Dieffenbach’s Travels in New Zeal., Yol. II., p. 199, 1843, middle Jan. : New 
Zealand. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 51 (pt. xxv.), Dec. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 2, pis. (87) and 88, 
July 31st, 1912. 
Procellaria leucoptera Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIII., p. 364, May 1st, 1844 : Cabbage Tree Island, 
Port Stephens, New South Wales. 
Rhantistes velox Bonaparte, Comptes Bendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XLII., p. 768, May 1856. New name for P. 
leucoptera Gould. 
Cookilaria cookii byroni Mathews, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, Vol. XXXVI., p. 48, Feb. 3rd, 1916. “ Byron Bay, 
N.S.W,” errore = Cabbage Tree Island, New South Wales. 
Distribution. Seas of New South Wales. 
LXVIII. Genus MACRON ECTES. 
Macroneetes Bichmond, Proc. Biol. Soe. Wash., Vol. XVIII., p. 76, 1905, Feb. 21st. Type (by original designation) : 
Procellaria gigantea Gmelin. 
Ossifraga Hombron et Jacquinot, Comptes Bendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XYTII., p. 356, March 1844. Type 
(by monotypy) : P. gigantea Gmelin. 
Not Wood, Analyst, Vol. II., p. 305, June 1835. 
74. MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS. GIANT PETREL. 
[Procellaria gigantea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. II., p. 563, April 20th, 1789 : Staten Island, off Tierra del 
Fuego. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 45 (pt. xxxvi.), Dec. 1st. 1848. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 2, pi. 89, July 
31st, 1912. 
Macroneetes giganteus dovei Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 54, April 7th, 1916 : Sydney, New 
South Wales. 
Distribution. East Australian Seas. 
LXIX. Genus PETRELLA. 
Petrella Zimmerman, Bartram’s Trav. Carolina, German ed., p. 293, 1793. Type (by monotypy) : Procellaria 
capensis Linne. 
Daption Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zook, Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 239, Feb. 18th, 1826. Type (by original 
designation) : P. capensis Linne. 
75. PETRELLA CAPENSIS. SPOTTED PETREL. 
[Procellaria capensis Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed., p. 132, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Cape of Good Hope. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 53 (pt. xxix.), Dec. 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 2, pi. 90, July 31st, 
1912. 
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