BIRDS—PROCELLARINAE—PROCELLARIA MERIDIONALIS. 827 
dusky ; there is a blackish spot in front of the eye ; the hind neck is grayish blue, of a lighter shade than the back ; bill yellow, 
except the nasal case and the ends of both mandibles, which parts are black ; tarsi and feet yellow. 
Length, 18} inches; wing, 13; tail, 5; bill, 2),; tarsus, 14}. 
Hab.—Pacific coast ; Columbia river. 
Resembling the two preceding speeies, but quite distinct; the bill is longer and more slender; 
the nasal case has its ridge a little concave and somewhat carinate ; the black markings on the 
bill and the white inner webs of the quill feathers are very distinguishing features. 
In the color of its upper plumage, with that of the wings, and its rather narrow elongated 
bill, it makes a near approach to the gulls. 
List of specimens. 
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Aestrelata, Bon. 
PROCELLARIA MERIDIONALIS, Lawrence. 
The Tropical Fulmar. 
Procellaria meridionalis, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. IV, 1848, 475.—Is. V, June, 1852, 220; pl. xv. 
Fulmarus meridionalis, Bon. Comptes Rendus tab. Gaviarum, 1855. 
2’ Procellaria hesitala, Kunx, Beitr. zur Zool. 1820, 142, vol. V. 
2? Procellaria hasitata, Tem. Pl. col. 416.—Newrton, Zoologist, 1852, 3691. 
2°© Aestrelata diabolica, L’HEerminieRr, Pl. col. 416.’-—Bon. Cons. Av. II, 1855, 188. 
Spe. Cu.—Front white, marked with narrow waved lines and small spots of pale brown; top and sides of head and occiput 
dark brown ; hind neck light brown, the white on the sides of the neck almost meeting on its lower part ; upper part of the back 
dark ash, this color extending for some distance on the breast ; lower part of back and wing coverts blackish brown ; primaries 
blackish brown; secondaries dark brown at the end, with the base white; upper tail coverts white; tail brownish 
black, with the basal part white for one-third its length ; sides of the neck and entire under plumage pure white ; the dark 
feathers of the back extend down on the sides near the insertion of the tail ; lower tail coverts white, tipped with ash ; bill 
black ; tarsi pale yellow ; webs and toes yellow at the base for one-third their length, remainder blackish brown. 
robust ; bill short; tail graduated ; an acute spur in place of a hind toe. 
Form not 
Length, 16 inches; alar extent, 39 inches ; wing, 12; tail, 5, bill, 13 ; tarsus, 1}. 
Hab.—Atlantic coast, from Florida to New York. 
The figure given in the ‘‘ Zoologist’’ has the front rising rapidly from the bill an dthe forehead 
very prominent ; this character is therein alluded to very particularly as existing in the mounted 
specimen precisely as in the fresh bird. My specimen differs entirely in this particular, the top 
of the head being quite flat, its outline receding regularly from the bill to the hind part of the 
head ; but this may be owingto the manner of mounting. In the ‘‘ Zoologist’’ two bands are 
stated to be on the wings; these are not apparent in my bird. Otherwise, in form, size, and 
distribution of color they are much alike, and possibly my species may be the same as diabolica, 
(which name has precedence given to it by Bonaparte over the other synonyms,) but as it differs 
in the characters above stated, I feel justified in leaving it for the present as distinct. 
