94 



Total length, 18 in. : bill, 10 in. ; wing, 12 in. : tail, central 

 5 in.. lateral 3*7 in. ; tanas, 1 s m ; middle toe, 2*4 in. ; inner 

 toe, 21 in. 



Hal.. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 

 682. IE. mollis. Gld. (Procellaria mollis, Gld.), Soft-plumaged PetreL 

 Exposed portion of outer primary beneath more or Less dark ; 

 under surface of plumage more or Lees white ; crown more or ten 

 • lark ; upper tail coverts an<l under wing coverts -lark. 



Total length, U in. ; bill, 1*4 in. : wing, 10*3 in. ; tail, central 

 4 4 in., lateral 3*2 in.; tarsus, 1.4 in. ; middle and outer toes, 1*7 in. ; 

 inner toe, 1 '"> in. 

 Bab : 5 (?). 

 6831 iV., solaiidri. Gld. (Pterodroma solandri), Brown-headed Petrel. 

 Entire plumage greyiah-sooty ; exposed portion of outer prin 

 beneath more or less white towards base of inner web. 



Total length, IS in. ; bill, IS in ; wing, 12 in. ; tail, centre 5 in., 

 side 3'S in. 



Eab. : 3, 4, r», 6, 9. 



684. <K. l<-ll<'0|>t<*r:Tu Gld. (Pterodroma leucoptera), White-winged 

 I '• trel. 



Face and entire under surface white ; exposed portion of outer 

 primary beneath more or less white towards hase of inner web ; 

 axillaries white. 



Total length, 12 in, : bill, 1*4 in. ; wing, 85 in ; tail, centre 

 3'8 in., side 3 1 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 

 (i85. <E. COOkl, Gray, Cook Petrel. 



Crown and hind-neck blackish ; much greyer than 0. leucopl 

 and with a slenderer and longer bill ; otherwise similar. 

 Hab. : 2, 3,4. 



686. IE. r OS t rat a, Peale, Peale Petrel. 



Upper Burface blackish-brown ; lower breast and abdomen white ; 

 throat dark ; tarsi Qesh colour ; exposed portion of the outer 

 primary beneath more or less dark. 



Total length, 14 in. j wing, II in. ; tarsus. 1 7~> in. 

 Bab. : (ei tr.il Pacific Ocean to Australia. 



Sub-family — Fulmar int. 

 Sides of the palate with more or less distim tly defined lamellae. 



Genus OSSIFRAGA. Size very large ; nasal tube verj long and stout ; 



interramal space feathered throughout. Tail baa sixteen recti 

 fi s 7. O. ^iuantca. Gmelin (Frocellaria gigantea, Fulmaris 

 Giant Petrel. 



Uniform dark chocolate-bro* n. 



"S'oun ur Brown (orglossj black, II. H.) 



Total length, 34 in. ; bill, 4 •_* in. ; wine, 20*5 in. ; tail, central 



7 in., lateral 6"8 in. : tartUS, 3*6 in. : middle and outer toe- 

 in. ; imu \ t in. 



Bab. : 1, •">, 6, 9. 

 i DAPTTON Nasal tube well developed; interramal space bare, 



Tail has four! eeii i .-. | 



U. capensis, Linn . Cape Petrel. 



Head and neck black ; andei lite ; upper surface princi- 



pally white, tipped with black. 



XOUng. Much lil<e adult . 



Total length, 16 in. ; bill, 1 "7 in. ; wins, 10*8 in. ; tail, 3*9 in ; 



OS, 1 '• in. : middle and outer t< es, 2*3 in. ; ini;- | toe, 18 in. 



II tfa 2. 3. i. 5. 6. 9. 



