MEDITERRANEAN GREAT SHEARWATER. 
Major R. A. Wilson, of Bulls, near Eoxton, and Oliver, after working up his 
material, decided that the New Zealand bird was the subspecies borealis, the 
the measurements being wing 370 mm., tail 132, bill 55. 
The measurements of one hundred birds, by Murphy, fifty of each sex, show 
the following result:— 
Male .—Wing 329-367 (351.5); tail 120-140 (130.2); culmen 51-59 (55.5); 
tarsus 54-59 (57); middle toe and claw 67-74 (71.6). 
Female .—Wing 329-362 (344.3); tail 121-138 (129.3); culmen 49-57 (52.9); 
tarsus 51-57 (54.6); middle toe and claw 65-73 (69). 
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