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"The white and black Spotted P e t e r I'D> and the little P e t e R i l. 
T H E firft is a Sea Fowl of the Shape and Genus of the laft defcribed, having all the fame 
Chara6teriftick Notes : It is about the Size of a common tame Pigeon. 
The Bill is Black, having the Noftrils in Pipes .running along the upper Part of the Bill, and. 
opening forward; it hath alfoan oblique double Channel running the whole Length of the upper 
Mandible on each Side; the under. Part of the Bill doth not bend downward, as in the laft de- 
fcribed, but hath a Knob or Angle on 'the lower Side near thePolht; all which fee exprefled in 
the Figure. The Head atid under Side of the Neck is Black, having a white Spot confufedly 
intermixed with the Black on each Side of the Neck ; the Back and leffer covert Feathers of the 
Wings are White, .pretty regularly fpotted with Black, as is the Rump and covert Feathers of 
the Tail - The Tail is. wholly Black; fome of the prime ^ills are Black ; but the inner 
Quills v/hich are next: the Back^have their Tips Black, and their Bottotns White ; the firft Row 
of covert Feathers next above the Quills have all their Tips Black, which make a black. Bar a- - 
crofs the Wing ; ithe Wings are verged all round with Black, from the Joints to the Tips, ^which - 
extend beyond the Tail;. the whole under Side is White from the Bill to the covert Feathers un- 
der the Tail ; ,the Throat,.Breaft, and covert Feathers under the Tail,^ hanng a few black Spots 
drawn long-ways , .cthe Legs and Feet are like thole of the laft delcrib d, having the Claw or 
Spur on the Heel ; but in this I perceived no Webs on the Outfides of the outer Toes, as in the 
foregoing, tho^ it is webbed on the Infides of the inner Toes ; the Legs, , Feet, . and Claws, are 
all of a Blackifli or Dufky Colour. ^ . 
I lhalljoin with this the little Peteril^ which is about the Size of a -being of a Dusky or 
Black Colour * all over, except the'* Rump, which is White. The flying Figure fliews the 
Bird, and the Pedcftal Stone has an out Line of the Head and Bill,' .of the Size of /Nature, en- 
^ graved on it. It is lb very like the great black Peterily except the white Rump, that a Pi6fure of 
the lejjer might pals for greater in Miniature : The Bill and Feet arc black, having Noktils - 
and Spurs like the two laft defcribed. ' ? 71 i-r r 
The black and white Peteril was given me by my worthy Friend Jams Theohald., Lfq; of 
Lambeth \ he fays it was brought from the. Cape of Good Hope^ where it is called the Pantado.^ 
which is a Name the Portuguefe have given <to other Birds, of a very diflerent Nature, where they . 
knd them fpotted or painted, as the Name denotes. ^ 
Of the little Peterih above, dekribed, I have feen a great many together, in the Midft of the 
more northern and wideft Part.of the German Ocean, where they muft have been more than 100 
Englijh Miles from Land : It is ftrange that fo fmall a Bird fhould be able to fubfift in fuch open Seas, 
where they cannot reft but on the Water, . which always is pretty rough. Thofe I have feen 
were continually on. the Wing; they appear not but in tempeftuous Weather riear Ships, or Land. 
Thefe 1 faw fkreen’d themfelves out of the Wind under the Stern of the Ship I was aboard of. 
They even feek Shelter fometimes in the deepeft Hollows that arc formed between the high Waves 
of the Sea, .and wonderfully keep their Stations there, though the Waves run very fwiftly ; they 
.flutter fo near the Surface of the Water that they feem to walk on it, for which Reafon Mr. Albin ■. 
fays they are calFd Peterils^ becaufe they imitate PetePs> walking on the Sea. , n. , 
Mr. Albin has deferib’d this laft Bird, and has inferted its Manner of Flight, and fheltenng 
itfelf in Storms at Sea; he has taken no Notice of its remcykable Spur behind the Heel, but has 
given his Figure a fmall back Toe, with a Claw on it, which is contrary to its Nature. I believe 
this Tribe of Birds all reft and feed on the Backs of living or dead Fifhes that float on the Sea. 
Mr. Willoughby., in the Appendix to his Ornithology, P. 395. has brief Defcriptions of two or 
three Sorts of Birds, that leem to me to be of the fiime Lenus with thefe above defcribed 
them is called the Storm Finck^ which is, I think, a proper general Name for the whole Tube. 
