THE GIANT PETKEL 



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The Cook Petrel. 



(Estrelata cooki. 

 New Zealand seas principally, also eastern coast of Australia. 

 Upper surface dark grey, face and under surface white, sides of neck 

 slightly mottled. A more slender bill than White-winged Petrel. 



Nest the usual burrow. The egg measures 1.94 x 1.48 inch. 



8uh-family FulmarincE. 

 Sides of the palate with more or less distinctly developed 

 lamellffi. 



Giant Petrel; Macronectes gigantea. 



After Gould. 



Key to the Genera. 



Size Terv large, 34 inches. Tail quills 16. 



Size smaller, 16 inches. Tail quills 14. 



Size smallest, 11 or 12 inches. Tail quills 12, 



First and second primaries suh-equal. 



First primary longest. 



Macronectes (Ossifraga). 

 Daption. 



Halobsena. 

 Prion. 



The Giant Petrel. 



Macronectes (Ossifraga) gigantea. 



Southern seas; north to about latitude 30° S. 



Uniform dark brown, edges of feathers paler, bill yellow, legs black; 

 total length about 34 inches, wing 20.5, tail, central 7, lateral 5.8, bill 4.2, 

 tarsus 3.6. 



