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TU BIN ARES. 



PROCELLARIID.^, 



PROCELLARIID.E. 



BuLWERiA coLOMBiNA (Moquiii-Tanclon*). 

 BULWEK'S PETREL. 

 Thalassidroma Bulwerii. 



BuLWERiA, Bonaparte f. — Bill about as long as the head, stout at the base, 

 compressed, rising at the unguis, which is large ; nostrils tubular, dorsal, rather 

 short. Wings long, pointed, the first quill slightly the longest. Tail long and 

 cuneate. Legs slender, the tibia bare for a short distance above the joint ; tarsi 

 reticulated ; hind toe minute, elevated ; feet fully webbed, the inner toe shorter 

 than the middle and outer ones, which are about equal ; claws curved. 



The occurrence of Bulwer's Petrel in England was made 

 known by the late Mr. Gould, who, in Pt. xxii. of his 'Birds 

 of Europe ' (1837), figured a specimen obtained in this 

 country, with the following observations : — 



" On the authority of Colonel Dalton, of Slenningford, 

 near Ripon, we are enabled to add this rare species to the 

 Fauna of Britain, from a fine specimen which was found 

 on the banks of the Ure, near Tanfield, in Yorkshire, on 



* Piiffinus columhinus, A. Moquin-Tandon, Orn. Canar. p. 44 (1841). 



t Cat. metod. Ucc. Eur. p. 81 (1842). The affinities of the genus Bulweria 

 are with JittreJata, but the Editor has followed the order of sequence in former 

 Editions. 



