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PETREL, 



Place. 



the neck, and^ breaft, white : from thence to the vent pale aih- 

 colour : legs and webs blue : claws black : fole of the foot 

 white. 



Inhabits the Antarctic circle, with many other fpeciesj chiefly 

 found among the ice. 



WHITE- 

 BREASTED P. 



■Description. 



Place. 



ENGTH fixteen inches. Bill an inch and a half long, 

 hooked at the tip, and black : the head, neck, and upper 

 parts of the body, dufky brown, nearly black : on the throat a 

 whitifh patch : breaft, belly, and vent, white : under tail coverts 

 cinereous and white mixed : tail rounded at the end : legs 

 black brown : the fore part of the toes half way black ; the out- 

 fide of the exterior toe the fame for the whole length : webs 

 black : fpur behind blunt. 



Inhabits Turtle and Chrifimas I/lands. In the collection of 

 Sir Jofeph Banks. 



ANTARCTIC P. 



Description. 



Le Petrel antarttique, ou Damier brun, Buf. Oif. ix. p. 311. 



Brown and white Petrel, Bong. Voy. i. p. 42 ? 



Antarctic Petrel, Forjl, Voy. i. p. 108. — Cook Voy. i. p. 257. 



O I Z E of a large Pigeon : length fixteen inches. Bill an inch 

 and a half long, brown, with the tip black : irides brownifh 

 hazel : the general colour of the plumage on the upper parts is 

 deep brown; beneath blueifh white : the fecond quills are white, 

 with dark brown tips : quills dark brown, with the inner webs 

 of fome next the body white : rump and. tail white : the tips of 

 all the tail feathers black for nearly an inch : legs dufky lead- 

 colour. 



Found 



