246 CAPTION.— PELECANOIDID^. 



separate, and directed forwards and upwards. Two species — B. Wlweri, 11", Bulwer's Petrel, 

 legs yellow, bill black. Sooty brown, wing-coverts and chin paler and greyer, Temperate 

 N. Atlantic and Temperate N. Pacific; B. macgillivrayi, llj", similar to 5. iulweri, but colour 

 uniformly sooty, Fiji Islands. (B.M. Cat., xxv. 368-421.) 



Subfamily Fulmaein^. Flying Petkels. 

 Sides of the palate with lamellae more or less distinctly developed. Tail of 

 from twelve to sixteen feathers. 



5ix™=I devour. Genus DAPTION. 



Bill short, thick, and weU hooked at tip. Lower mandible truncated. Few 

 lamellsB on inner margin of upper mandible. Inter-ramal space bare. Nostrils 

 terminating in single orifice, but divided within. Wings long. First primary 

 longest. Tail short, slightly rounded, of fourteen feathers. Tarsus reticulate. 

 Claw of hind toe stout. 



282. Daption capensis. The Cape Petrel or Pied Fulmar. 

 (CaUed also "Cape Hen," "Cape Pigeon," "Pintado Petrel.") 



Has a spread of wing 2 J feet. 



S' 16"; weight 14 to 18 oz. Legs dark brown. Bill blackish. Head, above, 

 and primaries soot-brown. Wing-coverts, back, and upper -tail white, each 

 feather tipped soot-brown. Below white. Small white streak below eye. 

 Southern seas generally, north to Ceylon and to lat. 5° S. on the coast of Peru. 

 (B. 1540. S. F. vii. 442.) 



Also the genus Fulmarus. With stouter bill. Nasal tube large and high at the base. 

 Three species. — F. glacialis, 18J", the Fulmar Petrel, known to sailors as "the MoUymoke" 

 and "the Mall Duck," legs flesh colour, bill dark, nasal tubes always dark, head, neck, and 

 under surface white, above bluish grey. Flight like a Gull's, but with wings out straight and 

 not curved, N. Atlantic Ocean ; F. glupischa, similar to F. glacialis, but with nasal tubes and 

 bill yellow, N. Pacific, southwards to W. Mexico ; F. rodgersi, similar to F. glacialis, but back 

 and rump distinctly mingled white. 



Also the genus Halobcena. With nasal tube short. Tail of twelve feathers. Firat and 

 second primaries subequal. Lamellse rudimentary. One species — H. cosrulea, 11", the Blue 

 Petrel, legs blue, bill black, edged blue. Above ashy blue, below white, feathers of mid-forehead 

 widely tipped white, outer tail-feather white, the two next ashy, and the three next ashy, with 

 white tips, Southern Seas between lat. 40° and 60° S. 



Also the genus Prion. With lamellae "well developed. First primary longest. Four 

 species from Southern Ocean — P. vittatus, 12", the Blue or Vittated or Broad-billed Petrel, 

 legs light blue, bill blue-black. Above ashy blue, a band across the back, la,teral rectrices grey, 

 with black shafts. Eye-stripe and below white ; P. banksi, similar to P. vittatus, but bill 

 narrower and lamella less visible ; P. desolatus, similar to P. banksi, but lamellse not visible 

 when bill is closed ; P. arid, the Brown-banded Petrel, with crown paler than the back, 

 lamellae feebly developed. 



Also the genus Ossifraga. Nasal tube very long and stout. Inter-ramal space feathered 

 throughout. Tail of sixteen feathers. One species — 0. gigantea, 34", the Giant or Osprey 

 Petrel, legs black, bill yellow. Uniform chocolate, edged paler. Southern Seas, north to about 

 lat. 30° S. (B.M. Cat., xxv. 422-436.) 



Family PELECANOIDID^. Diving Petrels. 

 Nostrils distinct, opening upwards on each side of the middle of the base of 

 the culmen. Second primary slightly longest. Margin of breast«bone even. 



Genus PELEOANOIDES. 



Chin with pouch. No hind claw. 



283. Pelecanoides urinatrix. The Little Divino Petrel. 

 $ 8|". Legs greenish. Bill black. Above black. Chin black. Below white. 

 Sides of neck grey. Axillaries dusky grey. Australian and New Zealand seas. 



