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DARK-GREY PINTADO, 



(Daption griseum.) 



T>A.fuUginoso-atrum, tectricibus alarum inferioribus albis, rosfro 

 fasco, pedibus antice ccerulescentibus. 

 Dark sooty Pintado^ with the lower wing-coverts white, the beak 



brown, the legs in front bluish. 

 Procellaria grisea. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1.564. Lath. Ind, Orn, 



2. 821. 



Dark-grey Petrel. Lath, Gen. Syn. G. 399. 

 Grey Petrel. Lath. Gen. Hist, x. 174. 



Except in size, this bird greatly resembles the 

 Equinoctial Shearwater : it is scarcely fifteen inches 

 in length : its beak is two inches long, and brown : 

 its entire plumage is sooty -black : with the webs of 

 the under wing-coverts white : the fore part of the 

 legs are greenish-blue. In some specimens the chin 

 and throat are whitish. 



Inhabits the Southern Ocean. 



WHITE PINTADO. 



(Daption album.) 



T)A.Jusco-n{gricante pectore abdomine crissoque albis. 

 Dusky-brown Pintado with the breast, abdomen, and vent white. 

 Procellaria alba. Gmel. St/st. Nat. 1. 565. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 

 822. 



