62 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



Nest a slight hole scraped in the ground and lined with a 

 little vegetation. The single white egg measures 4.01 x 2.58 

 inch. 



Often called "Nelly" or "Stinkpot" by seamen: occasionally 

 white phases of this bird are seen. 



The Cape Pigeon. 



Daption capensis. 

 Southern oceans, north to Ceylon and Peru. 



Upper surface white, each feather broadly edged with black; head 

 and back of neck black; median wing coverts with white margin on 



After Gould, 

 Cape Pigeon: Daption capensis, 



outer web; under surface white; tail white, tipped with dusky. Total 

 length about 16 inches, wing 10.5, tail 3.9, bill 1.7, tarsus 1.9. 



Nest on the bare ground under rocks or in crevices or at 

 lower edge of cliffs. The one white egg measures 2.12 x 1.75 

 inch. (British Museum Collection). 



The Blue Petrel. 



Haloimna ccerulea. 



Southern oceans. 



Upper surface pale ashy-blue, darker on the crown, nape, lesser wing- 

 coverts, outer webs of outer ijrimaries and the scapulars, the latter 

 tipped with white; feathers of forehead and back of crown' also tipped 



