AVES- 



PUFFINID^. 



145 



Pagodroma nivea (Gmelin). 



Snowy Petrel, Lath. Gen. Syn. III. pt. 2, p. 408 (1785). 



Procellaria nivea, Cm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 408 (1788). 



Pagodroma nivea, Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, pp. 307, 332 



(1891); Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 419 (1896: Falkland 



Islands); Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 127 {1899); Martens, Hamb. 



Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 19 (1900: Falkland Islands); Gates, Cat. 



Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 233 (1901) ; Sharpe, Rep. Coll. Nat. 



Hist. "Southern Cross," Aves, p. 148, pi. X. fig. 1-3 (1902). 



Fig. 89. 





Pagodroma nivea. Profile of head. From 

 material in the British Museum. Natural 

 size. 



Fig. 90. 





Pagodroma nivea. Head from above. 

 From material in the British Museum. 

 Natural size. 



General description. 



Sise. Adult. — Total length, 14 to 16 inches. 

 Wing, 9.8 to 1 1. 1 inches. 

 Tail, 4.3 to 5. 1 inches. 

 Bill, 1.4 to 1.55 inch. 

 Tarsus, 1.3 to 1.5 inch. 



Color. Adult. — Pure white throughout. Bill black, 

 yellowish. 



Tarsi and feet 



