Puffinus gavia, Forst. (Forster's Shearwater.)

A nestling obtained in the Hauraki Gulf, on the 8th November, was covered with very long and thick down [unclear: o] extremely soft texture, and dark slate-grey, on the upper parts thick and close, and of a paler grey, on the under parts, fading to whitish on the crop and foreneck. Black feathers just beginning to appear on the wings.