THE SHEARWATER 



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Long-tailed Shearwater. 



The Shearwater. — Hakoakoa. 



Pi(/fiHus gavia. 

 Above slaty black; below, white. Bill, dark horn colour. Outer side 

 -of the legs and outer toe, black; inner sides and other toes, with the 

 ■webs, yellow. Length oH the wing, 8 in.; of the tarsus, 1.7 in. Egg — 



