AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 



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47 Brown-headed Petrel, Solander Fulmar, M. solandri, 1 



specimen only, Gould, Bass St. u. ocean 16 



Head, wings, tail dark-brown; back slaty-gray, marked 

 dark-brown; bill, legs black. 



48 White-winged Petrel,^, leucoptera, A., N.Z. to C. Horn, 



Fiji. r. ocean 13 



Upper dark slaty-gray; forehead, face, under, under wing 

 white; wings blackish-brown; eyes, bill black; legs, half 

 toes and webs fleshy-white; tip toes and webs black; f., 

 sim. 

 1 49 Giant Petrel (Fulmar), Mother Carey's Goose, Nelly, 

 1 Glutton, Stinkpot, Vulture of the Seas, Macronectes 



gigantea, S. Oceans up to 30° S. Lat. Oregon (ace). 



c. ocean 33 

 Dark chocolate-brown; bill horn-color; has also a white 

 phase; f., sim. Scavenger, omnivorous. 

 1 50 Cape-Petrel (Pintado, Black and White, Spotted, Pied), 

 1 Cape-Pigeon (-Fulmar), Daption capensis, A., N.Z., 



S. Oceans to Brazil, Ceylon, Peru, ace. to California, 

 Maine, England. Large flocks c. ocean 16.5 



Head, hind-neck, upper-back, edge of wing, quills, chin 

 sooty-brown; inner- wing, back white, broadly spotted 

 sooty-brown; under white; bill, feet blackish-brown; f., 

 sim. Food as 41. 

 5 51 Blue Petrel, Prion (Halobaena) cocrulea, S. Oceans, A., 

 5 T., N.Z. to Icepack, Fiji. c. ocean 11 



Forehead, cheeks, throat, centre-chest, under white; upper 

 grayish-blue; outer wing-quills black; tail square, tipped 

 white; bill blackish-brown; f., sim. Cuttlefish, shell- 

 fish. 



