Re. Ian Southey post
Ian, Exciting news from Peter Harrison’s New Caledonian Expedition. Thanks for jogging my memory regarding an old reference. Some more information regarding the illustration you refer to.
Pelea lineata (Peale) ‘The Lined Storm-petrel’ . Collected in the mid-19th century for the US Explor. Expedition on Upolu Island, Samoa by a local Samoan who said they “bred in holes high up in the mountains”. Described and illustrated with measurements in:- Matthews, Gregory M. 1933. On Fregetta Bonaparte and allied genera. Novitates Zoologicae Vol 39 p.34-54. Matthews considered the unique specimen a species separate from Fregetta on basis of foot anatomy.
It will be very interesting to see if the ‘New Caledonian Storm-petrel ‘ turns out to be ‘The Lined Storm-petrel’.
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