LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Order EALLIF ORMES . 
Family RALLIDAL 
III. Genus CREX. 
Crex Bechstein, Ornith. Taschenb., Vol. II., p. 336, 1803. Type (by monotypy) : Crex pratensis Bechstein = 
Rallus crex Linne. 
Octogometra (recte Ortygometra, p. 59), Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 27, Dec. 1817. Type (by monotypy ) : 
Rallus crex Linne. 
5 . CREX CREX. LAND RAIL. 
[Rallus crex Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 153, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Sweden, Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 4, pi. 50, Aug. 9th, 1911. 
Rallus featherstonii Buller, Essay Ornith. New Zeal., p. 18, (pref. dated Feb. 1st) 1865 : New Zealand. 
Distribution. Australia (visitor). One specimen preserved in Australian Museum, Sydney. 
Order PROCELLARIIFORMES. 
Family THALASSIDROMIDAS. 
IV. Genus F REGET T A. 
Fregetta Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XLI., p. 1113, (Dec. 31st) 1855. Type (by original 
designation) : Thalassidroma leucogaster Gould. 
Oymodroma Ridgway, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard (Water Birds N. Amer., Vol. II.), Vol. XIII., pp. 363, 418 
(Introduction dated March 31st), 1884. Type (by original designation) : T. tropica Gould. 
6. FREGETTA TROPICA. BLACK BELLIED STORM-PETREL. 
[Thalassidroma, tropica Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIII., p. 366, May 1st, 1844 : Atlantic Ocean. Extra- 
limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 62 (pt. xxvi.), March 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 1, pi. 71, May 
30th, 1912. 
Fregetta tropica australis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 86, Sept. 24th, 1914 : New Zealand. 
Distribution. New Zealand. Australia (visitor). One specimen preserved in Macleay Museum, Sydney. 
Breeding on the islands off New Zealand ? 
7. FREGETTA TUBULATA. ALLIED STORM-PETREL. 
Not figured anywhere. 
Fregetta tubulata Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 42, May 30th, 1912, ex Gould MS. : “ Near the coast of 
Australia ” = Locality unknown. 
Distribution. Not known. One specimen preserved in the British Museum. 
Family PROCELLARIIDAC. 
8*. PUFFINUS LHERMINIERI. BROWN AND WHITE PETREL. 
[Puffinus Iherminieri Lesson, Revue Zool., 1839, p. 102 : West Indies. Extra-limital.] 
Not figured anywhere. 
Puffinus Iherminieri nugax Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 72, May 30th, 1912, ex Solander MS.: Off 
Townsville, Queensland. 
Distribution. “ Off Townsville, Queensland.” No specimen preserved. 
V. Genus PROCELLARIA. 
Proeellaria Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p, 131, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by subsequent designation Gray, p. 78, 
1840) : P. cequinoctialis Linne. 
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