PETREL. 



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Inhabits Brazil, about the mouths of rivers ; but builds the nest 

 and lays the eggs on shore ; is a swift bird, swimming and diving 

 well ; its flesh is good meat, especially if young. We rank this as 

 a Petrel, on some uncertainty, for we have ourselves never met with 

 the bird. 



3.— GREAT BLACK PETREL. 



Procellaria tequinoctialis, Ind. Om. ii. 821. Lin. i. 213. Gm. Lin. i. 564. 

 Puffinus Capitis bonse Spei, Brit, vi. 137. Id. 8vo. ii. 397. 

 Plautus Albatross spurius major, Klein, Av. 148. 14. 

 Avis Diomedea, Redi, Opusc. 1626. Amst. 

 Le Petrel-Puffin brun, Buf. ix. 326. 

 Shearwater, Brown, Jam. 482. 



Great Black Petrel, Gen. Syn. vi. 398. Id. Sup. ii. 333. Edw. pi. 89. Staunt. 

 Chin. i. 223. 



SIZE of a Raven ; length twenty-three inches. Bill three, and 

 the tubes half an inch; colour yellowish, with the sutures black; 

 body in general blackish brown ; legs, toes, and webs brown ; claws 

 black. It varies in having the upper ridge of the bill black, and a 

 large spot of white on the chin.* 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and the neighbouring parts; 

 also New Zealand. f 



A —Kuril Petrel, Gen. Syn. vi. 399. 3. A. Arct.Zool. ii. 256. A. Pall. Spic. v. 

 p. 28. 



This is larger by almost half than the other, has a strong yellow 

 bill ; the whole plumage rusty black ; legs the same, dashed with 

 red. — Inhabits the Kurile Islands, and Kamtschatka. 



* In lat. 35. 15. S. long. 7. 45. W. Cook's last Voy. i. 36, but in this the bill and leg$ 

 are black. t Forst.Voy.x. 113.487. 



