ORDER PALMIPEDES. 565 



Giant Petrel. Procel. Gigantea, Gm. Lath. Syn. 

 III. pi. 100, 



Is the largest species, and inhabits only the southern 

 seas, and is bigger than a goose. Its plumage is 

 blackish, but there are varieties with more or less 

 white. 



In the same seas is found 



Pintado Petrel. Proc. Capensis, Enl. 964, (t. 90) ; 

 of the size of a duck ; spotted above with black and 

 white ; white beneath. Navigators frequently men- 

 tion it. They call it the Cape pigeon. 



We sometimes see on our own coasts 



Pulfnar Petrel. Proc. GlaciaUsj Enl. 59, Brit Zool., 



pi. M. f. 1. 



Wbite, with an ashy mantle ; the bill and feet yellow ; 

 of the size of a large duck. It builds on the steep 

 coasts of the British islands, and in all the north. 



Petrel hartie, Tem. Col. 416. 



White ; crown of head, bill, end of webs, wing, loins, 

 and tail, black ; back and rump, ash ; tarsi and base 

 of webs, yellow. 



Procel. Berardy Freycinet, 37- 



Small ; body, blackish ; beneath, whitish ; bill, black, 

 with white spots ; feet, lead coloured. 



Cinereous Petrel. Proc. Cinerea, Lath. 

 Ash-brown ; beneath, white ; tail, wedge-shaped. 



