LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
MajagueusTlei ch enb ach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. iv„ 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation) : P. cequinoctialis 
Gymatobolus Heine und Reichenow, Mus. Hein., p. 363, (pref. Sept.) 1890. New name for “Majaqueus Reich.” 
9. PROCELL ARIA PARKINSQNI. BLACK PETREL. 
Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 1, pi. 80, May 30th, 1912. 
Procellaria parkinsoni Gray, Ibis, July 1862, p. 245 : New Zealand. 
Distribution. New Zealand. Australia (visitor). One specimen preserved in Macleay Museum, Sydney. 
VI. Genus PRIOFINUS. 
Priofinus Hombronet Jacquinot, Comptes Rendus Sci. (Paris), Vol. XVIII., p. 355, March 1844 
subsequent designation. Gray, p. 128, 1855) : Procellaria cinerea Gmelin. 
Adamastor Bonaparte, ib., XLIII., p. 594, Sept. 
cinerea Gmelin. 
Type (by 
1856. Type (by original designation) : Pr. hcesitata = Procellaria 
10*. PRIOFINUS CINEREUS. BROWN PETREL. 
Gould,Vol . VII., pi. 47 (pt. xxxv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 1, pi. 81, May 
oUtiii, mil. 
Rroce/Zan^^inerem^Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. ii„ p. 563, April 20th, 1789 : Antarctic Circle = Seas south 
Procellaria gelida Gmelin, ib., p. 564, " inter 35 ° and 50° South.” 
Procellaria melanura Bonnaterre, Tabl. Encycl. Meth. Ornith., Vol. I., p. 79, 1791 . 
Procellaria hasitata Forster, Desc. Anim., ed. Licht., p. 208 (Jan. 1st), 1844 • 
Not of Kuhl, Beitr. Vergl. Zool. Anat., p. 142 (pref. April 7th),’l820. ’ 
Adamastor typus Bonaparte, Comp. Gen. Av„ Vol. II., p. 187 (after April 15th), 1855 : 
All these based on same 
source as Gmelin’s 
species. 
Procellaria adamastor Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Vol. VI., Procell., p. 23, July 1863 : 
Procellaria pallipes Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. II., pt, 2, p. 123, July 31st, 1912 : New Zealand. Ex Solander MS. 
Priofinus c inerem dydimus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 54, April 7th, 1916 : New Zealand. 
Distribution. New Zealand and Australia. Gould says that he got specimens between Hobart and Sydney. 
But none preserved now. 
11. PTERODROMA MELANOPUS. BROWN-HEADED PETREL. 
Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 2, pi. 84, July 31st, 1912. 
Procellaria melanopus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 11 ., p. 562, April 20tli, 1789 : North America = Norfolk 
Island. 
Procellaria solandri Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIII., p. 363, May 1st, 1844 : Bass Straits. 
Procellaria phillipii Gray, Ibis, July 1862, p. 246 : Norfolk Island. 
( Estrelata montana Hull, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1910, Vol. XXXV., p. 785, 1911 : Lord Howe Island. 
Distribution. Breeding on Lord Howe Island, formerly on Norfolk Island. Australia (visitor). One 
occurrence in Bass Straits. Specimen preserved in British Museum. 
12. PTERODROMA INEXPECTATA. MOTTLED PETREL. 
[ Procellaria inexpectata Forster, Descr. Anim., ed. Licht., p. 204 (pref. Jan. 1st), 1844 : Seas south of New Zealand. 
Extra-limital.] 
Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 5, pi. 368, July 10th, 1919. 
Pterodroma inexpectata thompsoni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 125, Jan. 28th, 1915: East 
Australia = Tasmania . 
Distribution. New Zealand Seas. Tasmania (visitor). One specimen preserved in my collection, 
Family DIOMEDE IDAS. 
13. DIOMEDEA CHIONOPTERA. SNOWY ALBATROSS, 
Diomedea chionoptera Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXV., p. 443, (pref. Dee. 16th, 1895) 1896?: Kerguelen 
Island. 
Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 5, pi. 369, July 10th, 1919. 
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