422 PTTFFrNID^. 



Male. Similar to B. buhveri, but with a stouter bill; the plu- 

 mage uniform ; the greater wiDg-coverts and chin the same colour 

 as the rest of the body. Total length about 11-5 inches, wing 8; 

 tail — central rectrices 3"35, lateral rectrices 2-8; bill 1*3, tarsus l-i, 

 middle and outer toes l-oo, inner toe 1-35. 



Mab. Central Pacific Ocean, Fiji Islands. 



ft. cJ ad. sk. Ngau, Fiji Is., Oct. 1855 {F. M. Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald. 

 Rayner). (Type of the species.) 



Subfamily II. FULMARINiE. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Size very large ; nasal tube very long and stout ; 

 interramal space feathered throughout ; rec- 

 trices 16 9. OSSIFRAGA, 



h. Size smaller ; nasal tube shorter but well deve- [p. 422. 



loped ; interramal space bare ; rectrices 14. 

 a'. Bill stout, rami of mandible strong, nasal tube 

 large and high at the base, equal to the 



width of the latericorn ; tarsi strong 10. Fulmarus, 



b'. Bill more slender ; rami of mandible weak ; [p. 424. 

 nasal tube smaller, narrower and lower at 

 the base, less than the width of the lateri- 

 corn ; tarsi slender 11. Daption, 



c. Smallest; nasal tube short ; rectrices 12. [p. 428. 

 c'. Lamellae of the sides of the palate rudi- 

 mentary ; first and second primaries sub- 

 equal 12. Halob^na, 



d'. Lamellae of the sides of the palate well- [p. 4.31. 



developed ; first primary longest 13. Prion, p. 432. 



9. OSSIFRAGA. ^ype. 



Ossifraga, Homhr. 8f Jacq. Compt. Rend, xviii. p. 356 

 (1844) ; iid. Voy. Pole Sml, Zool. iii. p. 148, pi. 32. 

 figs. 39-42 (1853) ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 186 (1855) ; 

 Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 31 ; Forbes, Voy. 'ChalU, 

 Zool. iv. pt. xi. p. 42 &c. (18S2) 0. gigantea. 



Range. Southern Ocean. 



1. Ossifraga gigantea. 



Quebrantahuesos, Bouf/amvillc's Voy. p. 63 ; Forst. Voy. ii. p. 516. 



Osprey Petrel, Forst. Obs. p. 202. 



Le tres-grand Petrel ou Quebrantahuesos, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. x, 



p. 157 (1786). 

 Moutou, Pernet. Voy. i. p. 15, pi. 8. fig. 3. 

 Giant Petrel, Loth. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 2, p. 396, pi. 100 ; id. Gen. Hist. B. 



X. p. 170, pi. 176 (1824) ; Nutt. Man. Wuter-Birds, p. 329 (1834). 

 ProceUaria gigantea, Gm. ^yst. Nat. i. p. 563 ( 1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. 



ii. p. 820 (1790) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. p. 418 (1817) ; 



id. Enc. Meth. p. 74 (1823) ; Kuhl, Beitr. p. 140 (1820) ; And. Om. 



Biogr. v. p. 330 (1839) ; id. Birds Am. 8vo ed. vii. p. 202 (1844) ^ 



Gould, Voy. 'Beagle,' ii. Birds, p. 139 (1841) ; id. Birds Atistr. vii. 



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