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Total length, 18 in. ; bill, 1-9 in. ; wing, 12 in. ; tail, central 

 5 in., lateral 3'7 in. ; tarsus, T8 in ; middle toe, 2'4 in. ; inner 

 toe, 2-1 in. 



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



682. CE. Ilio 1 1 is. Old. (Procellaria mollis, Old.), Soft-plumaged Petrel. 



Exposed portion of outer primary beneath more or less dark ; 

 under surface of plumage more or less white ; crown more or less 

 dark ; upper tail coverts and under wing coverts dark. 



Total length, 14 in. ; bill, T4 in. ; wing, 10'3 in. ; tail, central 

 4'4 in., lateral 32 in.; tarsus, 1.4 in. ; middle and outer toes, 1*7 in. ;. 

 inner toe, 1 *5 in. 

 Hab : 5 (?). 



683. IE. SOlaildri, Gld. (Pterodroma solandri), Brown-headed Petrel. 



Entire plumage greyish-sooty ; exposed portion of outer primary 

 beneath more or less white towards base of inner web. 



Total length, 18 in. ; bill, 1*8 in. ; wing, 12 in. ; tail, centre 5 in., 

 side 3 '8 in. 



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



684. IE. leucoptera, Gld. (Pterodroma leucoptera), White-winged 



Petrel. 



Face and entire under surface white ; exposed portion of outer 

 primary beneath more or less white towards base of inner web ; 

 axillaries white. 



Total length, 12 in. ; bill, 1'4 in. ; wing, 8'5 in ; tail, centre 

 3-8 in., side 3-1 in. 



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



685. CE. COOki, Gray, Cook Petrel. 



Crown and hind-neck blackish ; much greyer than 0. leucoptera, 

 and with a slenderer and longer bill ; otherwise similar. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



686. IE. rostrata, Peale, Peale Petrel. 



Upper surface blackish-brown ; lower breast and abdomen white \ 

 throat dark ; tarsi flesh colour ; exposed portion of the outer 

 primary beneath more or less dark. 



Total length, 14 in. ; wing, 11 in. ; tarsus, 175 in. 

 Hab. : Central Pacific Ocean to Australia. 



SUB-FAMILY FULMARIN^E. 

 Sides of the palate with more or less distinctly defined lamellae. 



GENUS OSSIFRAGA. Size very large ; nasal tube very long and stout ? 

 interramal space feathered throughout. Tail has sixteen rectrices. 



687. O. gigantea, Gmelin (Procellaria gigantea, Fulmaris giganteus), 



Giant Petrel. 



Uniform dark chocolate-brown. 

 Young. Brown (or glossy black, R. H.) 



Total length, 34 in. ; bill, 4 '2 in. ; wing, 20 '5 in. ; tail, central 

 . 7 in., lateral 5'8 in. ; tarsus, 3'6 in. ; middle and outer toes, 5*3 

 in. ; inner toe, 4*4 in. 

 Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



GENUS DAPTION. Nasal tube well developed ; interramal space bare. 

 Tail has fourteen rectrices. 



688. D. CapensiS, Linn., Cape Petrel. 



Head and neck black ; under surface white ; upper surface princi- 

 pally white, tipped with black. 



Young. Much like adult. 



Total length, 16 in. ; bill, T7 in. ; wing, 10'5 in. ; tail, 3'9 in. ;. 

 tarsus, 1'9 in. ; middle and outer toes, 2'3 in. ; inner toe, 18 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



