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CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. 
on the outer part, paler on the inner, and of a yellowish 
hue; toes, yellowish brown; webs, yellowish brown. 
Young; length, one foot five inches; bill at the tip, dark 
brown; iris, dark brown; head, crown, and neck on the back, 
dark brown, the feathers rather darker on the margins than 
in t the centre; chin, throat, and breast, greyish brown, the 
feathers much darker on the margins than in the centre; 
back, dark brown. The wings have the first quill feather the 
longest; greater and lesser wing coverts, brown; primaries, 
blackish brown; tertiaries, 'brown. Tail, blackish brown. 
Legs, on the outer surface, dusky, inner surface, light brown; 
toes, light brown. 
