PETREL. 



the under white : on the fides of the neck brown and white 

 mixed : the edges of the middle wing coverts are whitifh : the 

 legs are placed quite in the vent, and are, for the moft part, black,- 

 except the infide, which is pale the whole length : and the two 

 inner toes yellowifh : the webs orange-colour : claws black. 



Inhabits Chriftmas IJland. One of thefe, meafuring lefs by Placj 



two inches in length, is in the Leverian Mufeum, faid to have come 

 from King George's Sound, on the American Coafi. 



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4'7 



