AVES PUFFINID^. 151 



p. 159 (1901); Sharpe, Rep. Coll. Nat. Hist. "Southern Cross," 

 Aves, p. 156 (1902). 

 Daption capense, Cunningh. Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. p. 223 (1871) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) XX, p. 628 (1900: at sea north of Gallegos, 

 April). 



Fig. 93. Fig. 94. 



Daption capensis. Profile of head. From Daption capensis. Head from above, 



material in the British Museum. ^ natural From material in the British Museum. ^ 



size. natural size. 



General description. 



Size. Aditlt Male. — Total length, about 16 inches. 



Wing, 10.5 inches. 



Tail, 3.9 inches. 



Bill, 1.7 inches. 



Tarsus, 1.9 inches. 



Color. Adult Male. — General color above; head and neck dusky 

 black, back and wings white and black. Below white, with dusky neck 

 and some dusky tips to the feathers on sides of breast. 



Head : Dusky black throughout. 



Neck : Dusky black above, and on the chin and throat below. Lower 

 neck white, shading on the sides into the black of the upper neck. 



Back : White, each feather broadly tipped with dusky black. 



Wing: Greater coverts white, with broad dusky black tips, lesser 

 coverts wholly dusky. The greater portion of the scapulars and second- 

 aries white. The primaries outwardly dusky black, with the inner webs 

 white nearly to the tips, and the bases of the outer webs of all the 

 primaries but the first, white. 



Tail : White, with a broad black apical margin to each feather. 



