The deecripti f the foregoing », ies « >>■ the Soft-plunmged Petrel as to habits and food, 



.£ , ' : the „, f the latter will 1 -»y born, ,n mmd ae ,t recall, that „l our 



great navigator, Captain Cook, 



. . 11 ii| p „,.,.,,,. surface erev, apex and base of each feather 

 Crown and sides o the bead and whole ol uppei sunacc grey i _ 

 „.„., ,„. , wing rts and lie, b, nish-black ; the front cheeks In,,,, „,,„,„!,» , v 



blaok, with intermediate webs 'lull yellow. 



Length, I2i inches; biU, I inch! wings, 2i inches; tarsi, 1 inch. 



I,,,,,,,,. The colder latitudes of the southern seas generally, particularly about the southern 

 f New Zealand and Tm ia : al the Auckland and Chatham Islands they arc met wrth m great 



