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GENUS OC EAN I TES (Keyserling et Blasius), 



rilHE single example of this genus which frequents Australian seas is considered by Gould to be 

 the same as the Procellaria Oceanica, classified by Banks, and that this view is correct may now 

 be taken as established. Two other species of the genus exist, but neither is found in Australian 

 waters or making its home on our shores. 



OCEAN ITES OCEANICA. 



YELLOW-WEBBED STORM PETREL. Genus: Oceanica. 



FAR to the westward of Australia this Petrel is seen among the many others by the voyager ; 

 round Tasmania it is especially plentiful, and is still found in attendance on ships till they are 



well past New Zealand towards the Horn. 



The yellow colouring of the webs from which it takes its name is very marked on a close 



inspection ; from the ship's deck it may be distinguished by its colouring, and in its flight, its running 



along the surface, its habits of feeding and general characteristics, it entirely resembles those varieties 

 already described. 



There is no outward difference observable between the sexes. 



The whole plumage, dusky -brown, with the exception of the lower wing-coverts, which are a 

 lighter yellowish-brown, and the upper tail-coverts, which are grey ; irides, brown ; legs and feet, 

 brown ; webs, yellow except at the case, where they are brown. 



Habitats : Tasmanian and South-western Australian coasts and islands. 



