£4 Mr. R. Hall on the 
I unearthed two very young birds, one of which was attended 
by its parent. 
In Royal Sound on 15th January I blew an egg that was 
thoroughly sour and without any sign of development. This 
I took from under the bird. 
I did not observe any of the nests to be raised, for they 
were in dry ground and did not need it. The egg was merely 
placed on a few gathered soft fibres and an occasional feather. 
The smallest of ten eggs measured 2*7 x 2 in., the largest 
2*95 X 2'05 in.; the average was 2*85 x 2 in. 
The general colour of the downy nestling is bluish-grey; 
bill—posterior half black, anterior light violet; legs and feet 
waxy pale, webs flesh-colour, digits bluish, nails horn-black. 
(Estrelata macroptera (Smith) ; Salvin, Cat. B. xxv. 
p. 399. 
This is Gould's Procellaria atlantica and Buller’s CE. fuli- 
ginosa, and is now noted for the first time as an inhabitant 
of the island. It seems to lay itself open to the attacks of 
the Skuas more than any other Petrel, excepting the Prion, 
for I found nine dead birds at the mouths of their burrows 
in various parts of the dry and higher ground of the beach. 
I saw this species only at Long Island, near the entrance to 
Royal Sound, and on the Prince of Wales's Foreland. 
(Estrelata brevirostris (Less.); Salvin, Cat. B. xxv. 
p. 409. 
On January 25th, in Greenland Harbour, I dug out a hollow 
that branched in two directions at 5 feet from the entrance. 
One tunnel went in for another 6 feet, and contained at 
the end a Spectacled Petrel (Mojaqueus cequinoctialis) upon a 
nest without an egg. The other branch had a dome-shaped 
cavity some 18 inches from the confluence, in which sat a 
Short-tailed Petrel without an egg. The nest indicated that 
the bird was a fully-fledged young one. On squeezing its 
breast there was no resistance, and not even a cry was uttered. 
(Estrelata mollis (Gould); Salvin, Cat. B. xxv. p. 406. 
Specimens were not obtained, but the birds often accom¬ 
panied the brig. So far as I could recognize the species 
