254 CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. 



From Mr. Gould's figures, this bird would seem to 

 vary in the dark and under-parts in a manner similar 

 to some of the genus Lestris; the whole appearance 

 of Mr. Yarreirs wood-cuts reminds us of the jagers. 

 In the darker bird, the " head and neck all round, 

 and the back dark clove-brown ; scapulars and ter- 

 tials the same, but with lighter coloured margins ; 

 wing-coverts, primaries, and tail-feathers, blackish 

 brown ; breast and belly greyish hair-brown, each 

 feather much darker in colour on the margin than 

 over the centre ; legs brown on the outer surface, 

 but pale wood-brown on the inner ; toes and their 

 membranes yellowish brown ; whole length of the 

 bird seventeen inches and a quarter."* 



In the lighter coloured bird the " head and occi- 

 put dark ash-grey ; back of the neck almost white; 

 both wing-coverts and tertials ash-grey; all the 

 margins greyish white ; primaries and tail-feathers 

 blackish brown ; chin, sides, and front of the neck, 

 the breast and sides of the body, white; lower 

 belly, vent, and under tail-coverts, varied with dull 

 white and ash-brown ; legs, toes, and their mem- 

 branes, brownish yellow; the whole length, eighteen 

 inches. 



In Mr. Selby's specimen, the " head, back part of 

 the neck, and upper plumage, blackish brown, with 

 the margins and tips of the feathers of the scapulars 

 lighter ; throat, lower part of the neck, and whole 

 of the under plumage, deep ash-grey, with a tinge 

 of brocoli-brown." 



