PRIOCELLA GLACIALOIDES. 



Gould, who gives a beautiful figure of this Fulmar in his " Birds of Australia," 

 frequently saw P. glacialoides off the Cape of Good Hope, and also between Sydney 

 and Cape Horn (Handb. Birds of Australia, II., p. 458). Three examples from the 

 islands to the south of New Zealand are in the Rothschild Collection, and Sir W. Buller 

 also procured specimens from Otago and Nelson, while Mr. Sandager met with it on 

 the beach at Moeraki, on October 1st (Buller, Suppl. Birds New Zeal., I., p. 108). 



The species is recorded from the coasts of southern Queensland, New South Wales, 

 Tasmania, and Western Australia (Campbell, Nests and Eggs of Austr. Birds, II., p. 897, 

 1901 ; Hall, Key Birds of Austr., p. 93, 1899). The British Museum possesses 

 specimens from Kerguelen and Valparaiso, while Professor Giglioli, during the 

 voyage of the " Magenta," records it from Callao in Peru, in August 1867, the birds 

 following the ship all down the coast of Chili to Cape Tres Montes, in Patagonia ; it 

 was also seen in the Channel between Wellington Island and Western Patagonia. 



Professor Ridgway informs us that this Petrel extends northward on the Pacific 

 coast of America to the Columbia River, and a skeleton, supposed to be of this species, 

 was picked up at Catalina Island by Dr. Cooper. I have also recorded it in the 

 " Biologia," from Mazatlan. 



The original specimen of P. glacialoides was obtained off the Cape of Good Hope by 

 Sir Andrew Smith, and Mr. W. L. Sclater traces it as far north in the Atlantic as St. 

 Helena. 



Although so much has been written concerning the distribution of Priocella, very 

 little has been made known with regard to its habits, which probably resemble those 

 of other Fulmars. It is said to fly higher above the water, and to rest more frequently 

 than the smaller species. It feeds on dead animal matter, when it can be procured, and 

 Dr. Townsend found in the stomach of a bird that he examined, some oil and the 

 remains of a cuttle-fish. 



Adult male. General colour above pearly-grey, the wing-coverts like the back ; 

 bastard-wing darker grey ; primary-coverts blackish, washed externally with pearly- 

 grey ; quills blackish, white for the greater part of the inner web of the primaries, 

 which are also shaded with ashy-grey ; secondaries pearly-grey, white on the inner 

 web, the innermost secondaries entirely pearly-grey, a few of them having a blackish 

 mark near the end ; tail-feathers pearly-grey ; head entirely white, slightly shaded 

 with pearly-grey on the nape and hind-neck, and on the ear-coverts ; lores, cheeks, 

 and entire under-surface of body pure white, with a pearly-grey shade on the lower 

 flanks ; axillaries pure white, the longest ones with a pearly-grey tip ; under wing- 

 coverts also pure white, mottled round the bend of the wing with ashy-grey; quills 

 sooty-brown below, white for the greater part of the inner web. Total length about 

 18 inches ; culmen, 1.8 ; wing, 13.0 ; tail, 4.6 ; tarsus, 1.95 ; middle toe and claw, 2.6. 



Dr. Pirie, who was on the " Scotia," has made a coloured drawing of the soft parts 

 of this Fulmar, as follows : — " Maxilla and mandible tipped with black, the middle 



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