HALODEOMIN-E. 827 



Swifts* both in general appearance, colours, and flight. They 

 breed in holes in rocks, laying one large white egg. 



•i!- 976. Thalassidroma- ?,oivioq jmzii 



A Stormy Petrel is not of unfrequent occurrence near the mouthg 

 of the Ganges in stormy weather, as well as througl:^out the Bay of 

 Bengal, but I have not been able to procure a spec^men^t though 

 I hav.e repeatedly seen them. , 



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\'iiii .^Atjociil J Sub-fam. HALODROMmj:. ■■Il,,iib o\''d xodT 



:jdi'i\v x-j-u\ r Qen. Pelioanoides, Lacepedfei!<'''i'Jj;'> "<^ 'c-ioiho 



■Syn. Halodroma, Illiger. ' ^"""^^' '"^ ^^ '^* ^^'^'''- 



Char.— WAX very short, depressed at the base, hooked, iliider 



mandible truncated; nostrils superior, contiguous; wings shbrt; 



1st quill longest; tail short, rounded; feet short, no hind toe;''chin 



with a dilatable pouch ; tarsus reticulated. 



These are Petrels with a dilatable throat, and wanting the hind 



claw. 



977. Pelicanoides urinatrix, Latham. 



Procellaria apud Latham — Bltth, Cat. ,1729— Goui.pj,B. 

 4.ustr., VII., pi. 60— P. tridactyla, Forster— Puffinaria Garnot,tU_ 



,,i,. ' The Little Divma Petrel. Lj ii! ; ji ..),,:■.. nolo 



Descr. — Above blackish-brown; chin black, rest of the lower 

 plUiBage white. ' '^- ^' -^ 



'• Bill black ; irides dusky-blue ; legs bluish-green, the feet IJlat^;' 

 Length about 8^ inches ; bill nearly 1. ' 



This curious little Diving Petrel is stated by Sundevall to 

 have occurred in the Bay of Bengal. It chiefly frequents 

 Southern Seas, round Australia, New Zealand, and even South 

 America. 



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* The resemblance of these birds to Swifts (and through them to Caprimulgidae^ 

 is deserving of attention. 



■^I hope that some observer ^vho has the opportunity of procuring this of 

 the ,l^st bird, will not fail to do so, that both may be thoroughly examined and 

 identi4e,d. , 



