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Procellaria cooJcii^ Gray in Dieff. Trav. ii. p. 199 (1843). 

 Procellaria leucoptera^ Gould, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 57. 

 Procellaria hrevipes^ Peale, IJ. S. Expl. Exp., Birds, p. 294 (1848) 

 Rhantistes cooJc% Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 768 (1856). 

 Bhantistes velox^ Bonap. C. R. xlii. p. 768 (1856). 

 CooMlaria leucoj^tera^ Bonap. Consp. Av. ii. p. 190 (1857). 

 CooJcilaria velox^ Bonap. Consp. Av. ii. p. 190 (1857). 

 Mstrelata cooJdi^ Coues, Proc. Phil. Acad. 1866, p. 152. 

 Fulmarus cooMi, Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 106 (1871). 

 Fulmarus leuco;pterus. Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 106 (1871). 



Ad. supra saturate cinereus, plumis quibusdem pallidius terminatis : ala tota nigricanti-brunnea; primariis et 



secundariis intus albis^ his fere omnino albis : recticibus centralibus cinerascentibus^ reliquis albo variis, 

 duabus externis intus pure albis : fronte alba^ ciuerascenti-nigro varia : regione sub-oculari conspicue 

 cinerascenti-nigra : facie laterali et corpore subtus albis, pectoris lateribus cinereo lavatis et minute 

 variis : subalaribus albis, exterioribus plus minusve nigricantibus : rostro nigro : pedibus flavicanti- 

 brunneis, palmis pallidioribus : iride nigr^. 



Adult,' Crown of the head, hind part and sides of the neck, the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark 

 ashy grey, the tips of some of the feathers paler ; entire upper surface of the wings blackish brown^ the pri- 

 maries largely, and the secondaries entirely white on their inner webs ; the forehead white, each feather 

 largely centred with greyish black, imparting a spotted appearance to the surface ; under the eyes a 

 broad mark of greyish black ; sides of the face, throaty fore neck, and all the underparts pure white, 

 stained and freckled on the sides of the breast with ashy grey; under surface of wings white, largely 

 marked with greyish black along the outer edges ; middle tail-feathers dark ashy grey, the lateral ones 

 mottled or freckled, and the two outermost ones on each side entirely white on their inner webs. Irides 



with paler webs. Total length 12'5 inches; wing, from 

 flexure, 9*25; tail 4; bill, following the curvature of upper mandible 1'4, length of lower mandible 



brown 



1'5 ; bare tibia '5 ; tarsus 1"2 ; middle toe and claw 1'5. 



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obtained oif the New-Zealand coast. The species appears, however, to be very rare ; and I have 

 never met with it, although Captain Hutton informs me that there is a specimen in the collection 

 of the Rev. R. Laishley, at Auckland. 



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