LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Majaqueus Reichenbacli, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. iv., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation): P. aquiwctialii 
Linnd. 
Gymatobolus Heine und Reichenow, Mus. Hein., p. 363, (pref. Sept,) 1890. New name for " Majaqueus Reich/' 
9. PROCELL ARIA PARKINSONI. BLACK PETREL. 
Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 1, pi. 80, May 30th, 1912. 
Procellaria parkinsoni Gray, IbLs, July 1862, p. 245 : New Zealand. 
Distribution. New Zealand. Australia (visitor). One specimen preserved in Macleay Museum, Sydney. 
VI. Genus PRIOFINUS. 
Priofinus Hombron et Jacquinot, Comptes Rendus Sci. (Paris), Vol. XVIII., p. 355, March 1844. Type (by 
subsequent designation, Gray, p. 128, 1855): Procellaria cinerea Gmelin. 
Adamastor Bonaparte, ife., XLUI., p. 594, Sept. 1856. Type (by original designation): Pr. hcesitata=ProceUana 
cinerea Gmelin. 
10*. PRIOFINUS CINEREUS. BROWN PETREL. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 47 (pt. xxxv.), Dec. 1st, 1S48. 
Mathews, Vol. II., pt. 1, pi. 81, May 
30th, 1912. 
Procellaria cinerea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. ii., p. 563, April 20th, 1789 : Antarctic Circle = Seas south 
of New Zealand. 
Procellaria gelida Gmelin, ib. t p. 564, '* inter 35° and 50° South." 
Procellaria mclanura Bonnaterre, Tabl. Enevcl. Meth. Oroith., Vol. I., p. 79, 1791 : 
Procellaria har.sitata Forster, Desc. Anim., ed. Licht., p. 208 (Jan. 1st), 1844 : 
Not of Kuhl, Beitr. Vergl. Zool. Anat., p. 142 (pref. April 7th), 1820. 
Adamastor typiis 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 SolanderMS. 
Priofinus cinercvs dydimus Mathews, Austral Av. Rcc., 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. n., p. 562, April 20th, 1789: North America=XorfoIk 
Island. 
Procellaria solandri Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIII., p. 363, May 1st, 1844 : Bass Straits. 
Procellaria pkillipii 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 Howo 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-limit al.] 
Mathews, Vol. VTI., 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 collections 
Family DIOMEDEID/E. 
13. DIOMEDEA CHIONOPTERA. SNOWY ALBATROSS, 
Diomedca chionoptera Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXV., p. 443, (pref. Dec. 16th, 1895) 1896?: Kerguelen 
Island. 
Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 5, pi. 369, July 10th, 1919. 
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