BIRDS — PROCELLARINAE — PROCELLARIA MERIDIONALIS. 



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dusky ; there is a blackish spot in front of the oyo ; tlie hind nod; is grayisli blue, of a liglilor slmdc than tho back ; bill yollow, 

 except tho nasal case and tho ciuls uf both inandiblo.", which parts aro black ; tarsi and feet ycllon'. 



length, 18] inches ; wing, 13 ; tail, 5 ; bill, 3,^ ; tarsus, IjJ. 



//a6. — Pacific coast ; Columbia river. 



Resembling the two preceding species, but quite distinct; tlio bill i.s longer and more slender; 

 the nasal case has its ridge a little concave and somewhat cariuate ; the black markings on the 

 bill and the white inner webs of the quill feathers are very distinguishing features. 



In the color of its upper plumage, with that of the wings, and its rather narrow elongated 

 bill, it makes a near approach to the gulls. 



List of specimens. 



Aestrelata, Bon. 

 PROCELLAEIA MERIDIONALIS, Lawrence. 



The Tropical Fulmar. 



Procfltaria meridionalls, Lawr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. IV, 1848, 475.— Ib. V, June, 1852, 230; pi. xv. 



Fulmarus meridionalis, Bon. Comptes Rendus tab. Gaviarum, 1855. 



7',ProceUaria hasitala, Kuhl, Beitr. zurZool. 1820, 142, vol. V. 



? Procetlaria basUata, Temm. PI. col. 416.— Newton, Zoologist, 1852, 3G91. 



?" Jltslrclata diabolica, L'Herminier, PI. col. 41G." — Bon. Cons. Av. II, 1855, 188. 



Sp. Ch. — Front white, marked with narrow waved lines and small spots of pale brown ; top and sides of head and occiput 

 dark brown ; hind neck light brown, the white on the sides of tho neck almost meeting on its lower part ; upper part of the back 

 dark ash, this color extending for some distance on the breast ; lower part of back and wing coverts blackish brown ; primaries 

 blackish brown ;' secondaries dark brown at the end, with the base white; upper tail coverts while; tail brownish 

 black, with the ba<al part white for one-third its length ; sides of the neck and entire under plumage pure wliite ; the dark 

 feolhers of the back extend down on the sides near the insertion of the tail ; lower tail coverts white, tipped with ash ; bill 

 black ; tarsi pale yellow ; webs and toes yellow at the base for one-third their length, remainder blackish brown. Form not 

 robust ; bill short ; tail graduated ; an acute spur in place of a hind toe. 



Length, 16 inches; alar extent, 39 inches ; wing, 12 ; tail, 5 , bill, U ; tarsus, li. 



Ilab. — Atlantic coast, from Florida to New York. 



The figure given in the "Zoologist" has the front rising rapidly from the bill an dthe forehead 

 very prominent ; this character is therein alluded to very particularly as existing in the mounted 

 specimen precisely as in the fresh bird. My specimen differs entirely in this particular, the top 

 of the head being quite flat, its outline receding regularly from the bill to the hind part of the 

 head ; but this may be owingto the manner of mounting. In the " Zoologist" two bands are 

 stated to be on the wings ; these are not apparent in my bird. Otherwise, in form, size, and 

 distribution of color they are much alike, and possibly my species may be the same as diabolica, 

 (which name has precedence given to it by Eonaparte over the other synonyms,) but as it differs 

 in the characters above stated, I feel justified in leaving it for the present as distinct. 



