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9. OSSIFEAGA. 423 



pi. 4r, (1848); Gray, List Ansen-s Brit. Mm. p. 162 (1844); 

 id. Gen. Birds, iii. p. 048 (1844); id. Voy. ' Ereh. S, Terr.' i. 

 Birds, p. 17 (1846) ; id. Cat. Birds Trop. Is. Pac. p. 5.5 (1859) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1862, p. 245; Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 343 (1844) ; Peak, 

 U.S. Expl. B.vp. viii. p. 338 (1848) ; Reich. Av. Syst. Nat., Natatores, 

 pi. 20. fig. 332, pi. 25. fig. 2612 ; Lawr. Birds N. Am. p. 825 

 (1860) ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 164; Sckl. Mm. P.-B., vi. Procell. 

 p. 18(1863); Z>. Walker, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 378; Hutton, Ibis, 1865, 

 p. 284, 1867, p. 186; Layard, Ibis, 1862, p. \)7, 1867, p. 458, 1869, 

 p. 460 ; id. Birds S. Afr. p. 360 (1867) ; Pollen Sf Van Dam, 

 Faun. Maday., Ois. ii. p. 145 (1868) ; Pelz. Beise A'ovara, Zool. i. 

 Vog. p. 144(1869); Sperliny, Ibis, 1868, p. 293; 1872, p. 75; 

 Finsch, J. f. Orn. 1870, p. 373, 1874, p. 206 ; M.-Fdw. i,- Grand. 

 Hist. Maday., Ois. p. 670 (1885) ; Macfarlane, Ibis, 1887, p. 208. 



Fulmarus giganteus, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 1^37 (1826) ; 

 Grai/, Haiid-l. iii. p. 105 (1871) ; Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, p. 327 

 (1872) ; Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 773. 



Procellaria ossifraga, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 343 (1844). 



Ossit'raga gigantea, Jacq. 8)- Pach. Voy. Pule Sud, Zool. iii. p. 139 

 (185.3); Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 186 (1855); id. Compt. Bend. xlii. 

 p. 768 (1856) ; Brehm, Vugelf. p. 354 (1855) ; Gould, Handb. Birds 

 Austr. ii. p. 443 (1865); Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 32; id. 

 Check-l. N. A771. Birds, p. 125 (1882) ; id. Key N. Am. Binls, 

 ed. 2, p. 777 (1884) ; Elliot, N. Am. Birds, ii. pi. 59 (1869) ; Bias. 

 ^ Bald., Naum. Vog. Deutschl. xiii. pt. 2, p. 282 ; Hutton, Ibis, 

 1869, p. 352, 1872, p. 248 ; id. Cat. Birds X. Zeal. p. 44 (1871) ; 

 Gigl. Fai/n. Vert. Oceano, p. 48 (1870) ; id. Viagy. 'Magenta' (see 

 index) (1875) ; Gurney, in Anderss. Birds Damara-L. p. 353 

 (1872) ; Scl. Sc Salv. Nomencl. Ac. Neotr. p. 149 (1873) ; Buller, 

 Birds N. Zeal. p. 297 (1873); id. ed. 2, ii. p. 225 (1888) ; id. 

 Trans. N. Zeal. Inst.xxiv. p. 85 (1892); Coues ^- Kidder, Bull. 

 U.S. Nat. Mm. no. 2, p. 23 (1875) ; Kidder, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mm. 

 no. 3, p. 13 (1876) ; Sa'v. in Rowlei/'s Orn. Miscell. i. p. 2-38 

 (1876) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 737, 1863, p. 431 ; id. Voy. ' ChalV, 

 Zool. ii. pt. viii. p. 143 (1881) ; id. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 629 (1882) ; 

 Cab. Sf Beichenow, J. f. Orn. 1876, p. 329 ; Ilartl. Vog. Maday. 

 p. 373 (1877) ; Moseley, Notes Nat. 'ChalL' pp. 107, 1.34, 137, 180, 

 183, 205, 254 (1879) ; Sharpe, Phil. Trans, clxviii. p. 142 (1879) ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 11 ; id. ed. Bayard's Birds S. Afr. p. 765 

 (1881); Saunders, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 165; Kirk, Trans. N. Zeal. 

 Inst. xvii. p. 60 (1884); Bocaye, Orn. Angola, p. 517 (1884); 

 Ridgw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 57 (1887) ; id. Pr. U.S. Nat. 

 Mm. iii. p. 230 (1881); Baird, Brew., ^- Ridyw. Water-Birds 

 N. Am. ii. p. 363 (1884) ; Lucas, Auk, iv. p. 3 (1887) ; H. O. 

 Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 542. 



Procellaria, sp. ?, Abbott, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 390. 



Adult male. Uniform dark chocolate-brown, the edges of the 

 feathers everywhere a little paler than the discs : bill yellow ; legs 

 black. Total length about 34 inches, wing 20-5 ; tail, central rec- 

 trices 7, lateral rectrices 5-8 ; biU 4*2, tarsus 3-G, middle and outer 

 toes 5'3, inner toe 4"4. 



Young birds are much browner and often white about the head, 

 but this plumage is changed for the uniform dark chocolate-brown 

 of the adult. Nearly white individuals are not uncommon. 



Hah. Southern Seas, north to about lat. 30° S. 



