83. (ESTRELATA LEUCOPTERA {Gould). 



(WHITE- WINGED FULMAR.) 



(Plate 69.) 



Procdlaria leucoptera, Gould, P. Z. S., 1S44, p. 57. 

 Procellaria cooki (nee Gray), Gould, Birds Austr., VII., PI. 51 (1846). 

 Cookilaria leucoptera, Bp., Consp. Av., II., p. 190 (1855). 

 EhanUstes velox (Solander), Bp., Comptes Rend., XLIL, p. 768 (1856). 

 Mstrelata leucoptera, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., II., p. 454 (1865). 

 (Estrelata leucoptera, Salvin, Ibis, 1876, p. 393, note : Salvad., Orn. Papuasia, III. 

 p. 466 (1882) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXV., p. 416 (1896). 



Minor : ala 8.5-8.65 : pileo nigricante : dorso cineraceo : subalaribus et axillaribus 

 et remi gibus intus, pure albis. 



(E. leucoptera was discovered by Gould on Cabbage Tree Island, at the mouth of Port 

 Stephen Harbour, in New South Wales, and he was informed that it bred in abundance 

 on one of the small islands in the vicinity. Gould frequently saw this bird during 

 his passage from Sydney to Cape Horn, but it was most numerous between the coast 

 of Australia and the northern part of New Zealand, though Sir Walter Buller does 

 not mention it in his " Birds of New Zealand." Gould describes it as one of the most 

 beautifully formed species of the genus, and says it is easily distinguished by its 

 white abdomen and under wing-coverts, which show to great advantage when the 

 bird is seen on the wing from below ; it seldom, however, rises higher than the vane 

 of the ship. The species was not observed in the Pacific by Professor Giglioli 

 during the voyage of the " Magenta," but was obtained by Mr. Filhol in the 

 Fiji Islands (Salvin, Ibis, 1876, p. 393, note), and a specimen was procured by 

 Dr. Hiibner on Duke of York Island ; Schlegel also identified a Fulmar, captured 

 by Dr. Bernstein at Ternate, as belonging to this species (Mus. Pays-Bas, VI., 

 Procell., p. 13). 



This Fulmar differs from its allies, (E. cooki and (E. defilippiana in the black 

 colour of the head and sides of neck, which extends over the mantle and partly down 



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