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GIGANTIC FULMAR. 



(Fulmarus giganteus ) 



Fu.fusco-nebulosus sublus albidus, remigibus rectricibusquc nigri~ 

 cantibus, rostro pedibusquejlavis. 



Clouded-brown Fulmar beneath whitish, the quills and tail-fea- 

 thers dusky, the beak and legs yellow. 



Procellaria gigantea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 563 Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. S20. 



Quebrenta huessos, ou Brisier d'os. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 319. 



Petrel geant. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1.515. 



Giant Petrel. Penn. Arct. Zool. Sup. 2-71. Lath. Gen. Syn. 

 6. 396.;;/. 100. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. I70.pl. clxxvi. 



Length about three feet and a half: the beak is 

 dusky-yellow, and four inches and a half long, very 

 stout, and its upper mandible much hooked at the 

 tip ; its tubular process is nearly two-thirds of its 

 length : at the corner of the mouth is a naked yellow 

 skin : the crown of the head is dusky : the hind part 

 of the neck, and upper part of the body are pale 

 fuscous, varied or mottled with dusky white : the 

 scapulars, wing-coverts, quills, and tail are plain dusky 

 brown, the feathers of the latter being darkest in the 

 middle : the sides of the head, the fore part of the 

 neck, the breast, and all the under parts of the plu- 

 mage are dirty white : the legs are greyish-yellow ; 

 the webs and claws dusky. 



Frequent in the Southern Seas, where they are 

 often seen by mariners sailing, with their wings ex- 

 panded, close to the surface of the water, but without 



