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Oceanites grallaria, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 11 (St. Ambrose Island, 



South Pacific, July 20). 

 Cymodroma grallaria, Baird, Brewer & Ridgway, Water Birds, N. Amer. 



II. p. 419 (1884); Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 366 (1896). 

 Fregetta grallaria, Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 122 (1899); Carbajal, La 



Patagonia, Part II. p. 277 (1900). 



General description. 



Size. Adtdt male. — Total length about 7.4 inches. 

 Wing, 6.5 inches. 

 Tail, 2.9 inches. 

 Bill, 0.8 inch. 

 Tarsus, 1.4 inch. 



Color. Adult male. — General color above greyish sooty black, greyer 

 on back and wings with a white area on the rump. Whole lower parts 



Fig. 73. 



Fregetta grallaria. Profile of head. From ma- 

 terial in the British Museum. Natural size. 



Fregetta grallaria. Head from above. 

 From material in the British Museum. Nat- 

 ural size. 



from the breast backward white, the neck and throat sooty like the upper 

 parts. 



Head : Greyish sooty black. 



Neck : Greyish sooty black above and below. 



Back: More definitely grey than the head. Each feather having a 

 whitish edging. Rump pure white. Upper tail coverts white. 



