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L. Glauert. 
KKV TO THE SPE(MES. 
I. Flightless birds ... ... ... ... 2 
Active hying birds ... ... ... 
•>. Large birds, white ring round eye ... Pyi/oceli^ adeliae (Hombr. & Jacq.) 
Aledium sized birds with yellow crests cre-Hatus n/,oselei/l (M.& J.) 
»Smail birds yellow ere.sts absent ... 
3. Nostrils at the end of a longer or shorter 
tube ... ... ' 
Nostrils normal ... 
4. Size large (Albatrosses and giant petrel) 
Size smaller (Petrels, Prions, Storm pet- 
rels) 
o. Tube extending almost to the tip, bill 
heavy Marronecfes gif/anfeus (Gmelin) 
Na-sal tubes short ... ... ... 
6. Size large, wing spread to 12 ft. or so ... Diomedea exulans L. 
Siz(‘ smaller, wing spread to H ft. or so ... 7 
7. ('nlminieorn* and laterieorns in contact 
behind th<^ nostrils ... ... ... Diomedea welanophrijs (Temm ) 
( uliniineorn and laterieorns aot in con- 
tact behind the nostrils ... ... 8 
8. (Adminieorn broad, rounded basally ... 
( ulniinicorn narrow, bluntly pointed 
basally ... 
1). Blue-grey above, white below 
Blackish abovt', white below 
Dark brown or (lark grey above and below 
10. Tail broadly tipped with white 
d’ail broadly tipfied with black 
1 I. Black tip to tail w ider (40 mm.), liill less 
than 25 mm. in length 
Black tip to tail narrower (to 30 min.), 
lull more than 25 mm. in length 
12. Widtli of hill lOi to 124 mm. ... 
Width of hill 8 to 1 1 mm. 
13. Eamelhie in u])p('r bill well (U'velojjed, 
visible when the hill is closed 
Lamellae rudimentary not vi.sible when 
the bill is closed 
14. - Width of bill 18 mm. or tnore^ length 
33 mm. and more 
Width of l)ill 17 mm. or /e<s\9, length to 
33 mm. ... 
15. Width of bill 1 2 to 15mm. 
\Vidth of hill 10 to 12 mm. 
lb. Head dai'k grey, liaek white with black 
lilotehes ... 
Head white, hack grey, size large 
Hiuid and liack dark brownish-grey, size 
medium ... 
Head and back dark, below white, size 
smaller ... 
17. Head and back blackish, face white ... 
Head and hack dark slate, face Avhite, 
dark stripe below the eye to the ear 
coverts ... 
1 8. Size small ap])i'oximating a willy wagtail, 
upper tail coverts \ h'te 
Size larger ajiprttximating a magpie, 
upper tail coverts like the hack ^ ... 
Diomedea chrysoMoma ( Forster. ) 
Diomedea chlororhymdws (Gmel.) 
10 
16 
18 
Halobaena caerulea (Gmel.) 
Pachyptila sjieeies 
P. {Psendoprion) ... 
P.Ps. crassirostris (Math.) 
P.Ps. ivriur (Kuhl.) 
/^ Pachyptila 
P. (Hetero prion) ... 
P.P. viflata (Forster) 
P.P. salvini (Math.) 
P. {Heie.roprion) de-nolata (Gmel.) 
P. {Heleroprian) beieheri (Math.) 
Daption capensis (L) 
Pterodroma lessonii (Garn.) 
Pterodronia mollis (Gould) 
Puffinus assimilis (Gould) 
Pelagodroma marina. (Lath.) 
Oc.ennites oeeanie.us (ivuhl.) 
19. Bill long and slender 
Bill short and deep 
20. Sooty black, tail scpiare 
Sooty brown, tail w(‘dge-shaped 
Puffinus 
Pterodroma 
Puffinus carneipes (Gould.) 
Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin). 
