A D VER TISEMENT. 



This Beautiful Monograph." — The Auk. 



A MONOGRAPH 



OF THE 



PETRELS 



BY 



F. DU CANE GODMAN, D.C.L., F.R.S., 



President of the British Ornithologists' Union. 



ALL THE KNOWN SPECIES OF PETRELS, SHEARWATERS 

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The Ibis soi/s :" Besides descriptions Thc ElTIU, soi/s :" The work in general 



and synonymns, all known particulars con- [ will be of peculiar interest to Australians 



cerning the life-history and distribution will 

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The Auk says: "A most welcome 

 and important contribution to the literature 

 of these little-known birds." 



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