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corpore superiore in toto olivaceo ; pectore et corpore in/eriore e 

 cinereo-castaneis. 

 Head and neck ash-grey ; all the upper surface, wing8 and tail 

 olive ; breast and all the under surface greyish chestnut ; bill yellow 

 at the base, horn-colour at the tip ; legs and feet brown. 



Totai length, 19 inches ; bill, 2^; \ving, 9^; tail, 6; tarsi, 2^. 



Hab. North coast of Australia. 



The " Morduggera " of the aborigines at Port Essington. 



Family Procellarid^. 



PuFFiNUS CARNEiPES. Puff. castūtieo-niger ; rostro e carneo albo, 

 culmine apicecue fuscis ; pedibits flavescenti-carneis . 



All the plumage chocolate-black ; bill fieshy white ; culmen and 

 tips of the mandibles brown ; legs, feet and membranes yellowish 

 flesh-colour. 



Totai length, 15 inches ; bill, 1| ; wing, 12 ; tail, 5 ; tarsi, 2 ; mid- 

 dle toe and nail, 2|. 



Procellaria Solandri. Proc. capite, nuchd, humeris, primariis 



et caudd saturate fuscis ; dorso, alaruin caud<eque tectricibvs eplum- 



beo-cinereis, plumis fusco marginatis ; facie, corporegue snbtUs 



fuscis, abdomine cinereo lavato. 



Head, back of the neck, shoulders, priraaries and tail dark brown ; 



back, wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts slate-grey, each feather 



raargined with dark brown ; face and all the under surface brown , 



washed with grey on the abdomen ; bill, tarsi and membranes black. 



Totai length, 16 inches; bill, lį; wing, 12; tail, 5^ ; tarsi, |; 



middle toe and nail, 2g. 



Procellaria leucoptera. Proc. vertice, corpore stiperiore, alisgue 



e plumbeo nigris ; caudd e plumbeo-cinered ; facie, gutture, corpore 



inferiore, rectricum pogoniis internis ad basini, Unedąve humerali 



albis ; tarsis, et membranis interdigitalibus per dimiditnti basale e 



carneo-aJbis. 



Cro-rni of the head, all the upper surface and -^vings dark slaty 



black; tail slate-grey; greater ■v\'ing-coverts sUghtly fringed with 



white ; face, throat, all the under surface, the base of the inner webs 



of the primaries and secondaries, and a line along the inner edge of 



the shoulder, pure \vhite ; bill black ; tarsi and basai half of the inter- 



digital membrane fleshy white ; remainder of the toes and interdigital 



membrane black. 



Totai length, 13 inches; bill, 1; wing, 8^ ; tail, 4 ; tarsi, 1^ ; 

 middle toe and nail, 1|. 



Aptexodytes undina. Apt. corpore superiore, lateribus, alisąue 



superne nitide carulescentibus, per pltimas singulas lined nigrd 



longitudinaU{laiiore in plumis dorsalibus); corpore inferiore alisųtie 



subtiis et ad marginėm, 7-ectricumque pogoniis internis albis. 



Tiie whole of the upper surface, flanks and upper surface of the 



■vvings glossj' light blue, with a narrow stripe of black down the 



centre of each feather, the black mark being broadest and most con- 



