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PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS : ZOOLOGY. 



Burm. Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 248 (i: 

 Coast of Patagonia and Falkland Islands). 



Procellaria hcBsitata, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 208 (1844). 



Priofimts diieretts, Jacq. & Pucher, Voy. P61e Slid. Zool. III. p. 145 

 (1853); Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 390 (1896: Off Cape 

 Horn, May); Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 124 (1899); Carbajal, La 

 Patagonia, Part II. p. 277 (1900); Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sam- 

 melr. Vog. P. 18 (1900); Sharpe, Rep. Coll. Nat. Hist. "Southern 

 Cross," Aves, p. 142 (1902). 



Adamastor cinereus, Scl. & Salv. Voy. Chall. II. Birds, p. 142 (188 1 : 

 South Pacific). 



Fig. 79. 



Fig. 80. 



Priofinus cinereus. Profile of head. From 

 material in the British Museum. ^ natural 

 size. 



Priofimis cinerens. Head from above. 

 From material in the British Museum, y^ 

 natural size. 



General description. 



Size. Adult Male. — Total length, about 19 inches. 



Wing, 13 inches. 



Tail, central rectrices, 4.4 inches ; lateral rectrices, 3.5 inches. 



Bill, 2.4 inches. 



Tarsus, 2.4 inches. 



Color. Adult Male. — Upper parts uniform cinereous; lower parts 

 white. 



Head : Crown deep cinereous, shading into grey on the sides of the 

 head. 



Neck: Above cinereous shading into paler grey on the sides, which 

 shade into and blend with the white of lower neck and throat. 



