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DUSKY SHEARWATER. 



having the upper ridge of the beak black, and a large 

 spot of white on the chin/' Inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and New Zealand. 



Of the Pacific Petrel he says; length twenty-two 

 inches : breadth forty inches : the beak is two inches 

 in length, of a lead-colour, and much hooked at the 

 tip : in the place of a tube the nostrils only appear ; 

 they are situated obliquely, of an oval shape, a little 

 elevated, and placed an inch and a quarter from the 

 base ; the upper parts of the plumage are black, the 

 under dusky : legs pale on the insteps, where they 

 are marked with some black spots, and a few others 

 on the toes and webs." Inhabits Europoa and other 

 islands of the Pacific Ocean. Said to fly in innu- 

 merable flocks : disappear at once, dipping under 

 water all together, and then rise as suddenly. 



DUSKY SHEARWATER. 



(Puffinus obscurus.) 



Pu. nigricans subtus albus, collo lateribus Jusco nebuloso, tectri- 



cibiis alarum medio albido variegatis. 

 Dusky Shearwater beneath white^, with the sides of the neck 



clouded with brown, the wing-coverts variegated with white in 



the middle. 



Procellaria obscura. Gmel. Sijst. Nat. 1 . 559. Lath. Ltd. Orn. 

 2. 828. 



Dusky Petrel. Penn. Arct.Zool. Sup. p. 73. Lath. Gen. Sj/n. 



6. 416. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 197. 

 Petrel obscur. Temm. raan, d'Oni. 2 Edit. ii. 808. 



