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FAMILY DIOMEDEID/E. 



Albatrosses. 



Very large wing, over 19 inches long; upper mandible, curved near 

 tip, forming a hook, the end (unguis) enlarged; nostrils, separate and 

 tubular; hind toe, rudimentary, often apparently wanting. 



* Group 1. Wing, 17 to 21 inches long 



Bill, dark: the top ( culnn-n . yellow. A very lar 

 368 bird. 



culminatus. Yellow = nosed Albatross. 



Sri- No. .V,. 



FAMILY PROCELLARIID/E. 



Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. 



Nostrils, tubular, united in one double=barrelled tube; front toes, pal= 

 mate (full webbed); hind toe, very small, and in some cases entirely 

 absent; upper mandible, curved near tip; wing, less than 19 inches long. 



'Group I. Wing, less than 5.50 inches long. 



'"ncral plumage. <ooi \ black, the utidcrparls with faint 

 t>ro'.\Mi-h fiMire; upper tail covert s. white, -miie of t hem lipped 

 with black. Procellaria pelagica. Stormy Petrel. 



See No. li~. 



: Group 2. Wing, 5.50 to 6.50 inches long. 



Tail, nearly square; upper tail coverts, white, not tipped with black; uuderpart.-. dull 

 black: tarsus, over 1.05. Oceanites oceanicus. Wilson's Petrel. 



See No. I',! I. 



Tail, decidedU lurked: upper tail covert-;, white, MO I lipped \\ilh black; underparts, 



bro\\ ni-h black or - \ |U-O\\M: tarsus, less than 1.05. 



<>> ,ini'<ir>ii<i li ii<-i>rln><i. Leach's Petrel. 



See NO. 68. 



Underparts, white. Pelagodroma marina. White-faced Petrel. 



See No. 71. 



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