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53 Banks Dove-Petrel (Blue-), Prion, Whiroia, P. banksi, 



S. Oceans, A., T., N.Z. r. ocean 10 



Like 52, but bill narrower and paler blue-gray; expanded 

 wings show black marks like letter W. Food as 54. 



54 Dove-Petrel, Dove-like-Petrel (-Prion), Whale -Bird 



(Snow-), P. dcsolatus, S. Oceans. c. ocean 10.5 



Like 52, 53, but more delicate; blackish below eye; white 

 stripe above eye; head same as back; bill straighter, 

 more slender; f., smaller. Shellfish, oily substances. 



55 Fairy Dove-Petrel (-Prion), Short-billed (Gould) Blue- 



Petrel, P. brevirostris {ariel), S. Indian 0., A., Bass 

 St., Madeira, S. Africa. v.r. ocean 9.5 



Like 52, 53, 54, but bill shorter, stouter; head same as 

 back; white face. 

 F. 29. PELECANOIDIDAE (1), DIVING PETRELS, 3 sp.— 



2(0)A., 1(0)E., 3(1)N1. 

 1 56 Diving-Petrel, Smaller Diving Petrel, Tee-tee, Pele- 

 3 canoides urinatrix, A., N.Z., Str. of Magellan. 



r. sheltered bays 8 

 Upper black; under white; legs, feet blue; dives; f., sim. 

 Shellfish. 

 F. 30. DIOMEDEIDAE (10), ALBATROSSES, Mollymawks, 

 19 sp.— 13(3)A., 2(0)O., 5(0)P., 5(1)E., 5(0)Nc, 

 9(3)N1. 

 7 57 Wandering Albatross, Man-of-War-Bird, Cape Sheep, 

 17 Toroa, Diomedea exulans, S. Oceans up to Lat. 30° S. 



c. ocean 44 

 Upper white with fine zigzag brown lines; wing-quills 

 black; tail short, black above; side face, under white; 

 zigzag lines on side of breast; bill whitish; color varies 

 with age; span up to 14 ft.; f., sim. Jelly-fish, 

 shrimps, shellfish. 



The Shackleton expedition met the Wilson (Yellow-webbed) 

 Storm-Petrel, in considerable numbers, far south. Two specimens 

 were presented by Lieutenant Shackleton to the National Museum, 

 Melbourne. However, recently our Museum received, through 

 the agency of two schoolboys, a specimen that is valued even more 

 highly, for it is Australian. 



The boys, on their way to the Marshaltown State School (Mr. 

 H. B. Williamson, H.T.), found a bird near a fence about nine 

 miles inland. It had evidently been killed by flying into the 

 fence in the dark. Using the Bird-List, the boys discovered 

 that it was a Yellow-webbed Storm-Petrel, a truly pelagic bird, 

 as its name, Occanites oceanicus indicates. Mr. Williamson, to 

 show that the List was of assistance, even to boys, in identifying 

 birds they had never heard of before, left the bird at the Con- 

 tinuation School, Geelong. Here it was recognized as a valu- 

 able specimen, and was at once sent to Mr. Kershaw, curator of 

 the National Museum. It is now in the Australian collection. 



The true Petrels are very numerous in kinds and individuals. 



