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GENUS CYMODROMA. Basal phalanx of middle toe much flattened, 

 equal to or longer than remaining joints and claw. 



667. C. llielanogaster, Old. (Procellaria melanogaster, Sch. ; Thalassi- 

 droma melanogaster, Gld. ), Black-bellied Storm-Petrel. 



Middle of abdomen sooty-black ; flanks and upper tail coverts 

 white. 



Total length, 8 in. ; bill, 0'9 in. ; wing, 7 in. ; tail, 3'2 in. 



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



>66S. grallaria, Vieill. (Procellaria grallaria, Vieill.; Thalassidroma 

 leucogaster, Gld.), White-bellied Storm-Petrel . 



Black and white ; rump and inner under wing coverts white ; 

 abdomen wholly white. 



Total length, 7 '4 in. ; bill, 0'8 in. ; wing, 6 '5 in. ; tail, 2-9 in. 

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



FAMILY PUFFINID^E. 



Nostrils united exteriorly or nearly so above culmen ; first primary the 

 longest, or not shorter than the second. 



SUB-FAMILY PUFFININ^E. 



Sides of the palate without lamellae. 



-GENUS PUFFINUS. Tarsi distinct, compressed, and edge sharp. Nasal 

 tube low, both nostrils visible from above, directed forwards and 

 slightly upwards. Rectrices twelve. 



-669. P. chlororhynchllS, Less. (P. sphenurus, Gld.), Wedge-tailed 

 Petrel. 



Tail long, cuneate ; entire plumage sooty-brown. 

 Total length, 17 in. ; wing, 11*6 in. ; tail, centre rectrices 5 in., 

 lateral rectrices 3 '3 in. ; tarsus, 1'8 in. 



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

 670. P. leilCOmelas, Temm., White-fronted Petrel. 



Tail long, cuueate ; under surface white ; feathers of head, sides 

 of neck, and upper plumage generally sooty, edged conspicuously 

 with white. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



^71. P. assilllilis, Gld. (P. nugax, Solander), Allied Petrel. 

 Tail rounded ; under surface white. 



Total length, 10 '5 in. ; wing, 7 '4 in. ; tail, central rectrix 2'7 in. 

 lateral rectrix 2 '6 in. ; bill, 1'4 in. 



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

 ^672. P. caraeipes, Gld., Fleshy-footed Petrel. 



Tail rounded; plumage generally sooty; bill and feet fleshy 

 colour. 



Total length, 19 in. ; wing, 12 '5 in. ; tail, central rectrix 

 4'3 in., lateral rectrix 3*7 in. ; tarsus, 2'25 in. 



Hab. : 9. 

 673. P. griseilS, Lath., Sombre Petrel. 



Similar to P. carneipes, Gld. ; plumage generally sooty ; under 

 wing coverts ashy- white, with dark shafts ; bill dark. 



Wing, 12-5 in. and upwards ; central rectrices, 3'5 in. ; lateral 

 rectrices, 2 '7 in. 



Hab. : Australian seas. 

 674. P. gavia, Forster, Forster Petrel. 



Tail rounded ; under surface and under tail coverts pure white ; 

 axillaries sooty. 



Total length, about 12 in. ; wing, 8 in. ; central rectrices, 2'4 in.; 

 lateral rectrices, 2 '3 in. ; bill, 1'9 in. ; tarsus, 1'7 in. ; middle toe, 

 1'8 in. ; inner toe, 1*5 in. 



Hab. : Australian seas. 



