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GENUS STERCORARIUS. Centre pair of rectrices project 3 in. 



662. S. crepidatUS, Banks (Lestris richardsoni), Richardson Skua. 



Light Form. Breast, chin, and hind-neck dull white ; forehead, 

 crown, and abdomen brown. 



Dark Form. Washed with sooty throughout ; neck pale yellow. 



Total length, 20 in. ; culmen, 1'Sin. ; wing, 13 ilk ; tail, central 

 pair 8 in. (5 in. without central) ; tarsus, 1 '7 in. ; middle toe with 

 claw, 1 '7 in. 



Hab. : 4, 5, 6. 



663. S. pomatorhinilS, Brisson, Pomarine Skua. 



Wing over 14 in. ; central rectrices broad, i 



g over 14 in. ; central rectrices broad, rounded at the ends > 

 projecting 4 in. in the adult, and twisted vertically. 

 Hab. : 1, 2 (winter) ; Siberia in summer. 



ORDER TUBINARES. 



External nostrils are produced into tubes. Palate schizognathous. Nasals- 

 holorhinal. Anterior toes are fully webbed ; hallux small or absent. 



FAMILY PROCELLARIID^E. 



Nostrils united exteriorly above culmen. Second primary the longest. 



OUB-FAMILY OCEANITIN^E. 



Tarsus twice as long as femur. 



GENUS OCEANITES. Basal phalanx of middle toe not much flattened, 

 less than the remaining joints and claw ; claws sharp, spatulate ; 

 scutellaD of front of tarsus obsolete. 



664. O OCeanicilS, Kuhl. (Thalassidroma wilsoni, Aucl.), Yellow- 



webbed Storm-Petrel (Wilson Storm-Petrel). 



Adult. Sooty black, forehead and under surface rather paler; 

 greater wing coverts greyish ; upper tail coverts white ; under wing 

 coverts sooty ; tail black ; shafts of lateral rectrices towards base, 

 and the portion of inner web adjoining, white ; bill and legs black. 



Total length, 6 '8 in. ; bill, 0'7 in. ; wing, 6'1 in. ; tail, side 2'7 in., 

 centre 2'5 in. ; tarsus, 1'4 in. ; middle toe, 1-1 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



GENUS GARRODIA. Basal phalanx of middle toe not much flattened, 

 less than the remaining joints and claw ; claws sharp, spatulate ; 

 scutellse of front of tarsus distinct. 



665. ft. nereis, Gld. (Procellaria nereis, Bparte. ; Thalassidroma nereis, 



Gld. ), Grey-backed Storm-Petrel. 



Head, neck, and chest sooty-grey ; abdomen white ; rump and 

 edges of wing coverts grey. 



Total length, 6'7 in. ; bill, 0'6 in. ; wing, 5'2 in. ; tail, 2'7 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 "2 in. ; middle toe, 1 '2 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



GENUS PELAGODROM A. Basal phalanx of middle toe not much 

 flattened, less than remaining joints and claw ; claws flattened and 

 wide. 



666. P. marina, Lath. (Procellaria fregata, Linn. ; Thalassidroma 



marina, Less.), White-faced Storm-Petrel. 



Face and under surface pure white ; behind the eye a line of 

 slate ; under surface grey and brown. 



Total length, 8 in. ; bill, 0'9 in. ; wing, 5 '8 in. ; tail, centre 

 2 '75 in., lateral 3'1 in. ; tarsus, 1*6 in. ; middle and outer toe, 1*3 in. 

 Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



