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Show 738 MR. o. SALVIN O N T H E PROCELLARIIDAE [June 18, Kidd. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. No. 2, p. 27; Sharpe, Zool. Kerg. Birds, p. 26. a, b. Males. Betsy Cove, Kerguelen. c-f. Females. Betsy Cove, Kerguelen. " Eyes black." During a recent visit to the Paris Museum I had an opportunity of examining the type of 03. sericea, concerning which I had occasion to publish some notes in 'The Ibis' for 1875 (p. 373). On seeing this type I at once recognized a specimen of 03. lessoni! 03. sericea (Less.), placed in the genus Adamastor by Bonaparte and Coues, has therefore no existence as a species distinct from 03. lessoni. GSSTRELATA MOLLIS. Procellaria mollis, Gould, Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 363. OfJstrelata mollis, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 150. a, b. Nightingale Island. "Eves hazel. Night bird. Obtained on the 17th of October, 1875." Q-JSTRELATA BREVIROSTRIS. Procellaria brevirostris, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 611. CEstrelata brevirostris, Salv. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 235 ; Sharpe, Zool. Kerg., Birds, p. 24. CEstrelata kidderi, Coues, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. No. 2, p. 28. a. Young. Kerguelen. The species included in Cabanis and Reichenow's paper on the Birds collected by the 'Gazelle' (J.f. Orn. 1876, p. 329) under the name Procellaria mollis, belongs here. Last year I examined in Berlin the specimen brought home by the ' Gazelle,' and found it to belong to this species. The ' Challenger' specimen is quite young, but interesting, as showing that these birds moult at once from the downy plumage into the feathering of the adult bird. PRION DESOLATUS. Procellaria desolata, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 562. Prion desolatus, Gray, H.-list. iii. p. 108 j Sharpe, Zool. Kerg., Birds, p. 37 (excl. syn.). Pseudoprion desolatus, Coues, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. No. 2, p. 32. a. Male. Betsy Cove, Kerguelen. Obtained 11th January, 1874. " Eyes black." b-e. Males. Betsy Cove, Kerguelen. "Eyes black." /. Female. Ice Barrier. Obtained on the 14th February, 1874. g, h. Females. Betsy Cove, Kerguelen. Of the eight specimens of this species brought home by the ex- |