PETREL. 



and indeed, in greater or fmaller quantities, from 34 to 70 degrees 

 S. latitude all round the pole *. 



In the Britijh Mufeum I obferve one of thefe which is near 

 twenty inches in length : has a dark ftreak through the eye : the 

 tail dujky f, pointed at the end : legs of a pale colour, almoft 

 white. 



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CI Z E of the laft. Bill black, flout, and much curved at the end : 

 head, neck, body, and tail, white : between the wings pale 

 afh-colour : the whole of the wing dufky black : legs dufky. 

 Inhabits the Antarctic ocean, pretty far to xhtjouth. 



Var. A. 

 Description. 



Place. 



Br. Muf. 



CIZE of the Fulmar; length twenty inches and a quarter. 

 Bill yellowifh, with black futures : irides afh-colour : all the 

 upper parts of the plumage dufky afh-colour : the crown of the 

 head, and forehead, paleft; beneath, from chin to vent, white : tail 

 rounded in fhape, black ; the under part of the feathers pale afh- 

 colour : legs blueifh : webs pale yellow : toes and claws pale. 



We have feen a variety of this with a pale blue bill, and the 

 breaft and belly cf a deep dufky black. 



This fpecies chiefly inhabits the parts within the Antarctic 

 circle. Many feen in the lat. of 48 degrees. The food is va- 

 rious: the bills of the Cuttle-fijh have been found in its ftomach. 



* For/?. Toy. i. p. 52. — ii. p. 534. — Cook's Voy. i. p. 252. 

 f Brumikh obferves, that the tail feathers are wholly black. 



10. 

 CINEREOUS F. 



Description. 



Place. 



Procellaria 



