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PETREL. 



GENUS CV.— PETREL. 



* True, the Nostrils contained 

 in a Tube. 



1 Giant Petrel 



2 Brazilian 



3 Great-black 

 A Var. 



4 Grey 



5 Glacial 



6 Fuliginous 



7 Doubtful 



8 Antarctic 



9 Pintado 

 A Var. 



10 Fulmar 

 A Var. 



11 Shearwater 



12 Cinereous 



13 Manks 



14 White-faced 



15 Black-toed 



16 White-breasted 



17 Snowy 



18 Brown-banded 



19 Sooty 



20 Fork-tail 



21 Frigate 



22 American 



23 Stormy 

 A Var. 



24 Long-legged 

 55 Leach's 



26 Diving 



** Spurious, with the Nos- 

 trils distinct. 



27 Broad-billed 



28 Blue 



29 Pacific 



30 Dusky 



IN this Genus the bill is straight, but bent at the end. 



Nostrils for the most part contained in one Tube, but in a few 

 they are distinct and separate. 



Legs naked above the knees ; toes pahnated — three placed 

 forwards, with a spur behind instead of a back toe.* 



* TRUE— WITH THE NOSTRILS CONTAINED IN A TUBE. 



1 -GIANT PETREL— Pl. clxxvi. 



Precellaria gigantea, Ind. Orn. ii. 820. Gm. Lin. i. 563. 



Quebrantahuessos, Boug. Voy. 63. Forst. Voy. ii. 516. Buf. ix. 319. 



Osprey Petrel, Forst. Osb. 202. 



Mouton, Pernet. Voy. i. 15. t. 8. f. 3.— the bill. 



Glupisha, Hist. Kamtsch. 156. 



* One only excepted, No. 26, in which the spur is wanting. 



