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THALASSIDROMA BULWERII. BULWER'S 

 STORM-PETREL. 



Procellaria Bul-werii. Bulwer's Petrel. Jardine and Selby, lUustr. pi. 65. 

 Bxilwer's Petrel. Thalassidroma (?) Bulwerii. Goiild. Birds of Europe, pi. 



449. 

 Thalassidroma Bulwerii. Bonap. Comp. List, 64. 



Tail cuneate ; hill and feet black ; plumage deep sooty- 

 black, on the lower parts slightly tinged with brown ; secon- 

 dary coverts paler ; length ten inches. 



This species was first described and figured by Sir 

 William Jardine, Bart., and Prideaux John Selby, Esq., in 

 the second volume of their Illustrations of Ornithology, in 

 which is represented a bird of the Petrel genus, with dusky- 

 brown plumage, inclining to bluish-grey on the breast, and 

 with the secondary quills rose-coloured, accompanied with the 

 following description : — " The length of our specimen is 

 about ten inches : it Avill come under that division of the 

 group where the nostrils are contained in one tube, but have 

 a division between them. The plumage is entirely of a deep 

 sooty-black, paler upon the throat, and on the breast and 

 belly slightly tinged with brown. The form of the tail is the 

 greatest peculiarity ; this contains twelve feathers, and is very 

 much cuneated, the central plumes being above two inches 

 longer than the exterior, thus giving us a form at variance 

 with the smaller and true Petrels, where we find it either 

 square or forked." It inhabits Madeira or the small islands 

 adjacent. 



It was afterwards described and figured by Mr. Gould in 

 the fourth volume of his Birds of Europe. The figure here 

 differs from that in the work referred to above, in agreeing 

 with the description, if so brief a notice as the following may 



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