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Total length, 18 in. ; bill, TQ in. ; wing, 12 in. ; tail, central 

 5 in., lateral 3*7 in. ; tarsus, 1'8 in ; middle toe, 2*4 in. ; inner 

 toe, 2 1 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



682. flE. mollis, Gld. (Procellaria mollis, Gld.), Soft-plumaged Petrel. 



pjxposed portion of outer primary beneath more or less dark ; 

 under surface of plumage more or less white ; crown more or less 

 dark ; upper tail coverts and under wing coverts dark. 



Total length, 14 in. ; bill, r4 in. ; wing, 10*3 in. ; tail, central 

 44 in., lateral 3'2 in.; tarsus, 1.4 in. ; middle and outer toes, TT in. ; 

 inner toe, 1 '5 in. 

 Hab : 5 (?). 



683. <E. SOlaildri. Gld. (Pterodroma solandri), Brown-headed Petrel. 



Entire plumage greyish-sooty ; exposed portion of outer primary 

 beneath more or less white towards base of inner web. 



Total length, IS in. ; bill, IS in. ; wing, 12 in. ; tail, centre 5 in., 

 side 3 "8 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



684. fl3, leilCOptera* Gld. (Pterodroma leucoptera). White-winged 



Petrel. 



Face and entire under surface white ; exposed portion of outer 

 primary beneath more or less white towards base of inner web ; 

 axillaries white. 



Total length, 12 in. ; bill, r4 in. ; wing, 85 in ; tail, centre 

 3 '8 in., side 3'1 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



685. 4E. COOki, Gray, Cook Petrel. 



Crown and hind-neck blackish ; much greyer than 0. leucoptera, 

 and with a slenderer and longer bill ; otherwise similar. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



680. <E, rostrata, Peale, Peale Petrel. 



Upper surface blackish-brown ; lower breast and abdomen white ^ 

 throat dark ; tarsi flesh colour ; exposed portion of the outer 

 primary beneath more or less dark. 



Total length, 14 in. ; wing, 11 in. ; tarsus, 175 in. 

 Hab. : Central Pacific Ocean to Australia. 



Sub-family — Fulmauin/e. 



Sides of the palate with more or less distinctly defined lamellae. 



Genus — OSSIFRAGA. — Size very large ; nasal tube very long and stout ; 



interramal space feathered throughout. Tail has sixteen rectrices. 



687. O. gigailtea, Gmelin (Procellaria gigantea, Fulmaris giganteua), 



Giant Petrel. 



Uniform dark chocolate-brown. 

 Young. — Brown (or glossy black, R. H.) 



Total length, 34 in. ; bill, 4 2 in. ; wing, 20-5 in. ; tail, central 

 7 in., lateral 58 in. ; tarsus, 3-6 in. ; middle and outer toes, 5"3 

 in. ; inner toe, 4 '4 in. 

 Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 

 Genus— CAPTION. — Nasal tube well developed ; interramal space bare. 

 Tail has fourteen rectrices. 



688. D. Capeiisis, Linn., Cape Petrel. 



Head and neck black ; under surface white ; upper surface princi- 

 pally white, tipped with black. 



Young. — Much like adult. 



Total length, 16 in. ; bill, 17 in. ; wing, lO'S in. ; tail, 3;9 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 -9 in. ; middle and outer toes, 2 '3 in. ; inner toe, 1 8 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



