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Order PROCELLARIIFORMES 



Typically bicarotid (A-1) or rarely unicarotid; type A coracoid 

 artery; type 1 thoracic arterj^; ligamentum aortae present, but some- 

 times much reduced; ligamentum botalli frequently present; verte- 

 brals and superficial cervicals variable in origin from the common 

 carotid arteries. 



Reference: Garrod, 1873. 



Family Diomedeidae 

 Right ligamentum botalli present. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Diomedea immxddbilis Rothschild 



Family Procellariidae 



Subfamily Fulmarinae 



Ligamentum botalli usually present (reduced or lacking in PachyptUa 

 desolata) ; vertebrals arise separately from the carotid at or near the 

 base of the cervicals. 



Subfamily Puffininae 



Ligamentum botalli usually present (reduced or lacking in Bulweria 

 bulweria, Pterodroma lessonii, Pujfinus Iherminieri subalaris); origin 

 of vertebrals highly variable. 



Priocella aniarctica (USNM 321474), carotids: B-3a-d. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Prion viUata= PachyptUa forsteri (La- 

 tham) 



Aestrelala lessoni— Pterodroma lessonii 

 (Garnot) 



Thalassidroma hulweri— Bxdweria hul- 

 werii (Jardine & Selby) 



By Glenny 



Daption capensis (Linne) 

 Fulmarus glacialis (Linn6) (2) 

 Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin) 



PachyptUa desolata (Gmehn) (2) 

 Priocella aniarctica (Stephens) 

 Procellaria aequinoctialis Linn6 

 Puffinus griseus (Gmehn) 

 Puffinus nativitatis Streets 

 Puffinus opisthomelas Coues 

 Puffinus Iherminieri subalaris Ridgway 

 Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot) 

 Pterodroma leucoptera hypoleuca (Salvin) 



(2) 

 Bulweria hulwerii (Jardine and Selby) 



Family Hydrobatidae 



Ligamentum aortae usually reduced; ligamentum botalli usually 

 lacking, or when present only as a linea botalli; superficial cervical 

 arteries variable in number but more are present in Oceanodroma than 

 in other genera studied. 



