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Show 878.] ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY H.M.S. 'CHALLENGER.' 735 inside the submedian nervure. The proximal half of the secondaries greyish white, rather darker towards the anal angle. Beneath umber-brown, the outer portion of both wings rather darker, the spots on the primaries as above. Hab. New Ireland. Obs. Allied to P. codrus, from which it differs in having the band of spots of the primaries interrupted, there being no spots in the spaces between the first and second, and second and third median branches, that between the first median branch and the submedian nervure being wanting. On the other hand, there is a spot on the inner margin of the primaries not usually seen in P. codrus. The single specimen sent by Mr. Brown has the secondary wings slightly injured, so that the prolongation of the second median branch, common to all the allied species of the P.-codrus group, is broken off. 17. Reports on the Collections of Birds made during the Voyage of H . M . S . ' Challenger.'-No. XII. The Pro-cellariidse. By O S B E R T S A L V I N , M.A., F.R.S., & c [Eeceived June 18, 1878.] Eighty specimens of Procellariidae are comprised in the ' Challenger' collection, belonging to 22 species and 13 genera. The greater part of these were obtained during the visit to Kerguelen Island ; others were secured at sea in the South Pacific Ocean, a few near the Straits of Magellan, at Nightingale Island, and elsewhere. None of the species present any difficulty as regards their nomenclature ; but I take this opportunity of adding a few notes on this subject gathered during recent study of the species to which they belong. OCEANITES OCEANICUS. Procellaria oceanica, Kuhl, Beitr. p. 136, pl. x. f. 1. Oceanites oceanica, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 82 ; Salv. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 227. a-c. Males. 1 T T» I -ri I r Ice Barrier. a, e. lemales. J "Obtained on the 14th February, 1874." FREGETTA GRALLARIA. Procellaria grallaria. Vieill. N . Diet. d'Hist. N. xxv. p. 418. Fregetta grallaria, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 197; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 86. Thalassidroma leucogastra, Gould, Ann. & Mag. N. H . xiii. p. 367, et B. Austr. vii. pl. 63. 568-571. Females. 1 S o u t h pacific 572, 573. Males. J "Eyes brown. Shot on the 11th November, 1875, at sea. Their |