BIEDS — PROCELLAEINAE — PEOCELLARIA MEEIDIONALIS. 



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dusky ; there is a blackish spot in front of the eye ; the hind neck is grayish blue, of a lighter shade than the back ; bill yellow, 

 except the nasal case and the ends of both mandibles, which parts are black ; tarsi and feet yellow. 



Length, 18^ inches ; wing, 13 ; tail, 5 ; bill, 2^ ; tarsus, Ij-J. 



Hab. — Pacific coast ; Columbia river. 



Eesembling the two preceding species, tut quite distinct; the bill is longer and more slender; 

 the nasal case has its ridge a little concave and somewhat carinate ; the black markings on the 

 bill and the white inner webs of the quill feathers are very distinguishing features. 



In the color of its upper plumage, with that of the wings, and its rather narrow elongated 

 bill, it makes a near approach to the gulls. 



List of specimens. 



Aestrelata, Bon. 

 PEOCELLAEIA MERIDIONALIS, Lawrence. 



The Tropical Fulmar. 



Procellaria meridionalis, Lawr. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. T. IV, 1848, 475. — Ib. V, June, 1852, 220; pi. xv. 



Fulmarus meridionalis, Bon. Comptes Rendus tab. Gaviarvm, 1855. 



?',Procellaria hizsitata, Kuhl, Beitr. zurZool. 1820, 142, vol. V. 



? Procellaria hasitata, Temm. PI. col. 416. — Newton,. Zoologist, 1852, 3691. 



?" Mstrelata diabolica, L'Herminier, PI. col. 416."— Bon. Cons. Av. II, 1855, 188. 



Sp. Ch. — Front white, marked with narrow waved lines and small spots of pale brown ; top and sides of head and occiput 

 dark brown ; hind neck light brown, the wliite on the sides of the neck almost meeting on its lower part ; upper part of the back 

 dark ash, this color extending for some distance on the breast ; lower part of back and wing coverts blackish brown ; primaries 

 blackish brown ; secondaries dark brown at the end, with the base white ; upper tail coverts white ; tail brownish 

 black, with the basal part white for one-third its length ; sides of the neck and entire under plumage pure white ; the dark 

 feathers of the back extend down on the sides near the insertion of the tail ; lower tail coverts white, tipped with ash ; bill 

 black ; tarsi pale yellow ; webs and toes yellow at the base for one-third their length, remainder blackish brown. Form not 

 robust ; bill short ; tail graduated ; an acute spur in place of a hind toe. 



Length, 16 inches ; alar extent, 39 inches ; wing, 12 ; tail, 5 , bill, 1^ ; tarsus, 1 j. 



Hab. — Atlantic coast, from Florida to New York. 



The figure given in the "Zoologist" has the front rising rapidly from the bill an dthe forehead 

 very prominent ; this character is therein alluded to very particularly as existing in the mounted 

 specimen precisely as in the fresh bird. My specimen differs entirely in this particular, the top 

 of the head being quite flat, its outline receding regularly from the bill to the hind part of the 

 head ; but this may be owingto the manner of mounting. In the " Zoologist" two bands are 

 stated to be on the wings ; these are not apparent in my bird. Otherwise, in form, size, and 

 distribution of color they are much alike, and possibly my species may be the same as diabolica, 

 (which name has precedence given to it by Bonaparte over the other synonyms,) but as it differs 

 in the characters above stated, I feel justified in leaving it for the present as distinct. 



