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GIGANTIC FULMAR. 



(Fulmarus giganteus.) 



Fu.Jusco-nebulosus subtus albidiis, remigibus rectricih usque iiigri-' 

 cantibus, rostro pedibusque Jlavis. 



Glouded-brown Fulmar beneath whitish, the quills and tail-fea- 

 thers dusky, the beak and legs yellow. 



Procellaria gigantea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 563 Lath. Ind. Oni. 

 2. 820. 



Quebrenta huessos, ou Brisier d'os. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 31 9. 

 Petrel geant. Cuv. Reg. A?nm. 1. 515. 



Giant Petrel. Penn. Arct. ZooL Sup. 2. / I. Lath. Gen. Sj/n. 

 6. 396.pl. 100. Lath. Gen. Hisl. x. 170. pL clxxvi. 



Length about three feet and a half : the beak is 

 dusky-yellow, and four inches and a half long, very 

 stout, and its upper mandible much hooked at the 

 tip ; its tubular process is nearly two-thirds of its 

 length : at the corner of the mouth is a naked yellow 

 skin : the crown of the head is dusky : the hind part 

 of the neck, and upper part of the body are pale 

 fuscous, varied or mottled with dusky white : the 

 scapulars, wing-coverts, quills, and tail are plain dusky 

 brow^n, the feathers of the latter being darkest in the 

 middle : the sides of the head, the fore part of the 

 neck, the breast, and all the under parts of the plu- 

 mage are dirty white : the legs are greyish-yellow ; 

 the webs and claws dusky. 



Frequent in the Southern Seas, where they are 

 often seen by mariners sailing, with their wings ex- 

 panded, close to the surface of the water, but without 



