OCEANITES. 709 



Bill black ; irides vermilion ; legs and feet greenish plumbeous interiorly, 

 and blackish exteriorly. 



Length. 12 to 13 inches; expanse 22*5 to 24-5; wing 5*2 to 5*6; tarsus, 

 2-9 to 3'2 ; bill at gape 3*6 to 4. 



Hal. Sind and the Mekran Coasts ; common about the mouths of the 

 Indus. Whether this species is distinct from aurilus or not has to be finally 

 settled. In vol. i. Str. F., Mr. Hume gives some characters which distinguish 

 aurilus from this species, and thinks that "it differs in certain details of 

 colouration and in shape of bill sufficient to justify separation." 



1411. Podiceps minor (Linn.), Bodd., Tab. p. E. p. 905 ; Gould, 



B. Eur. pi. 392. Podiceps phillipensis (Gm.), Jerd.> B. Ind. iii. p. 822; 

 Str. F. i. p. 268 ; iv. p. 203 ; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., fyc., Sind, p. 242 ; id., 

 Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 312. The LITILE GREBE or DAB-CHICK. 



Crown of the head and nape dark blackish brown, or sepia brown, glossed 

 with greenish ; sides of the face, neck on the sides and in front chestnut red ; 

 chin dull black ; breast sepia brown, mixed with white ; flanks pale ferruginous ; 

 rest of under parts silky white ; under wing coverts buff ; primaries pale 

 brown, buffy white basally ; secondaries white, margined with brown ; back, 

 scapulars and tertials glossy brownish black, with a greenish tinge; bill 

 blackish, paler at the base ; irides red brown ; legs greenish black or dusky 

 green. 



Length. 8 to 9 inches; wing 4 ; bill at front 0*75 ; tarsus 1*25. 



Hob. Throughout India, Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, Eastern Tur- 

 kestan and Nepaul. 



Family, PROCELLARID^:. PETRELS, &c. 



Bill long, straight, compressed, very deeply grooved, tip strong, arched and 

 hooked ; nostrils tubular, situated at the base of the bill, and exposed. 



Sub-Family, PROCELLARIN^E. STORMY PETRELS. 



Nostrils at base of keel divided by a septum ; hind toe generally present ; 

 bill slender, compressed ; tarsus moderate. 



OceaniteS. Keys and Bias, 



Bill short and slender, curved at the tip ; tail forked ; wings long, second 

 quill longest ; tibia partially naked. 



1412. Oceanites OCeanica (Kuhl.\ Sharpe, Rep. Trans. Venus 

 Exped., p. 123; Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p 505, pi. ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. 

 vi. p. 490; Butler, Str. F. vii. p. 178; Hume, S/r. F. viii. p. 115 ; Legge, 

 B. Ceylon, p. 1056; Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 313 ; Gales, B. Br. Burm. 



