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TUBINARES. 



PROCELLARIID.E. 



PROCELLARIID.E. 



PuFFiNus MAJOR, F. Fabei'*. 

 THE GKEAT SHEAEWATEK. 



Puffinus major. 



Pl'FFINUS, Brisson-f. — Bill rather longer than the head, slender, upper 

 mandible compressed and curved towards the point ; under mandible also slender 

 and decurved at the point. Nostrils tubular, opening by two separate orifices. 

 Legs of moderate length, tarsi compressed laterally ; toes three in front, rather 

 long, webbed throughout ; hind toe rudimentary. Wings long and pointed, the 

 first quill-feather slightly the longest. Tail graduated. 



The Great Shearwater, represented by the lower figure 



* Prodromus Island. Orn. p. 5G (1822). f Ornithologio, vi. p. 131 (1760). 



