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which is the best known of the petrel family, and is the 



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FIG. 215. 



ALBATROSS. 



PIG. 216. 



STORMY PETREL (Procellaria pelagica). 



smallest web-footed bird known, being not much larger 

 than a lark. Sailors consider the appearance of the 



