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taken, the bill is dark brown, the base of the under man- 

 dible lighter brown ; irides dark brown ; head and neck all 

 round and the back dark clove-brown ; scapulars and tertials 

 the same, but Avith lighter-coloured margins ; wing-coverts, 

 primaries, and tail-feathers blackish-brown ; breast and belly 

 greyish hair-brown, each feather much darker in colour on 

 the margin than over the centre ; legs brown on the outer 

 surface, but pale wood-brown on the inner ; toes and their 

 membranes yellowish-brown. The whole length of the bird 

 seventeen inches and one quarter ; wing, from the anterior 

 bend, twelve inches and three-quarters ; whole length of the 

 bill one inch and three-quarters ; of the tubular portion half 

 an inch ; of the tarsus two inches ; of the middle toe, in- 

 cluding the claw, two inches and five-eighths. 



In the bird from which the lower figure in our woodcut 

 was taken the bill is dark brown, under mandible lighter 

 brown at the base ; irides dark brown ; head and occiput 

 dark ash-grey ; back of the neck almost white ; back, wing- 

 coverts, and tertials ash-grey; all the margins greyish- white ; 

 primaries and tail-feathers blackish-brown ; chin, sides, and 

 front of neck, the breast, and sides of the body white ; lower 

 belly, vent, and under tail-coverts varied with dull white and 

 ash-brown ; legs, toes, and their membranes brownish-yellow. 

 The whole length eighteen inches ; of the wing, from the 

 bend, thirteen inches ; whole length of the bill one inch and 

 seven-eighths, of the tubular portion half an inch ; of the 

 tarsus two inches and one-eighth ; of the middle toe and 

 claw two inches and seven-eighths. 



There are specimens in the British Museum, from South 

 Africa, and known to be the young and adult of the same 

 species, which exactly resemble the two birds here figured. 



M. Temminck says this species breeds by thousands on 

 the banks of Newfoundland. It is probably the Wandering 

 Shearwater of Messrs, Audubon and Nuttall. 



