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41 Allied Petrel, Gould Shearwater (Little Dusky), P. 



assimilis, A. and N.Z. Seas, Atl. O. to Madiera Is.. 



Nova Scotia (ace.). Flocks v.r. ocean 11 



Upper, crown, wings, tail sooty-black; side face, under 

 white; side-chest dusky; bill dark horn-colour; legs 

 greenish-yellow; f., sim. Shrimps, shellfish, seaweed. 



42 Short-tailed Petrel (Sooty, Bonaparte), Slender-billed 



Shearwater (U.S.), Seal-Bird, Mutton-Bird (V.), P. 

 hrevicaudus (tenuirostris) , A., Bass St., T., N.Z. 

 Migrates to Alaska, Japan. Flocks, c. ocean 14 



Sooty-brown; under paler; bill blackish-brown; legs, feet 

 light-grey, black down outer side. Food as 41. 



43 Brown Petrel (Great-Gray), Black-tailed Shearwater 



(U.S.), Night Hawk (e), Bully, Kuia, Procellaria 

 {Priofinus) cinereus, S.O., California (once), r. ocean 19.5 

 Crown, upper dark brownish-gray; under white; under 

 tase tail ashy-brown; tail black; feet grayish-flesh 

 color; outer toe brownish-black; dives; f., sim. 



44 Silver-gray Petrel (Fulmar), Slender-billed Fulmar 



(U.S.), Priocella glacialoides, Bass St., A., T., N.Z., 

 S. Oceans, Pacific to Japan, Alaska. c ocean 18 



Pearly-gray; tip-wing black; face, under silky-white; f., 

 sim. Dead animals, oil, cuttlefish. 



45 Black Petrel (Fulmar), Taonui, Procellaria (Maja- 



queus) parkinsoni, A. and N.Z. Seas. r. ocean 18 



Sooty black; f., sim. Food see 41. 



46 Great-winged Petrel (Long-winged, Gray-faced), Mstre- 

 lata macroptcra. A., N.Z., S. Oceans. v.r. ocean 15 



Dark brown; about bill, throat gray; wing-quills, tail 

 black; bill, feet black; f., sim. Food see 41. 



