PROCELLARIIDj;. 



TUBINARES. 



PROCELLAUUDM. 



CESTRELITA H^SITATA (Kubl*). 



THE CAPPED PETREL. 



Procellaria h^Bsitata. 



(EsTRELATA, Bonapwtcf. — Bill rather shorter than the head, stout, com- 

 pressed, straight for some distance, then ascending at the commencement of the 

 unguis, which is sharply decurved, with an acute tip ; nasal tubes moderately 

 long, elevated, conspicuous, the dorsal outline straight, the orifice subcircular. 

 Wings long and pointed, extending beyond the tail when folded ; the first quill 

 a trifle longer than the second. Tail moderately long and graduated. Tarsi 

 reticulated ; feet and front toes of moderate size ; hind toe small and elevated. 



The Capped Petrel represented above was observed in 

 Marcb or April, 1850, by a boy on a beatb at Southacre, 

 near Swaffbam in Norfolk, flapping for some time from one 



* Procellaria hasiiata, Kubl, Beit. Zool. i. p 142 (1820). 

 f jF.slrelata, Bonaparte, Gompt. Rend xlii. p. 768 (1856). Amended to 

 CEslrelafa, the derivation being from olcTTpos (oestrus), a gad-fly. 



