The Oceax Burns of the Perth Beaches. 
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Sooty black, larger 
Slaty grey, smaller 
Plates of upper bill distinct 
Plates of upj>er bill fused more or less 
completely 
Size lax’ger. brown w ith Avhite wing patch 
Size smaller, usually dark above and 
paler below t ... 
Central tail feathens elongated, twisted 
Central tail feathers elongated, ?iot 
twisted ... 
Bill long, slender, hooketl at the tip . . . 
Bill shorter, stouter, not hooked at tip 
Size larger 
Size smaller 
Pterodroma macroptera (Smitli) 
Pierodroma lugens (Kuhl.) 
Caiharadn dua (Brunn) 
Stercornrius pouiari nu.‘s (Temm.) 
Sicrcorarius parasiticus (L.) 
Frerjata minor (Gmeliji) 
Middle tail feathers elongated, narrow', 
red 
Middle tail feathers, not elongated, not 
narrow', not retl 
Dark with whitish head 
Dark upper parks, whitish below' 
Upper parts pale grey, under parts with 
rosy sufiusion in life ... 
Phaethon ruhricauda (Boddaert) 
Moms serrator (Gray) 
ienuirostris (Temm.) 
Sterna fuscata (L.) 
Sterna domjaUii (ilontagu) 
2.8 
25 
24 
20 
27 
28 
* Ihp u|*pc-r Mlk of AIliafroK^es, Mollymawks. Prions and Petrels conskt of tliree the ciil 
.nin eorn teniumuuv- in the n.-nl (.r dertnuu and Hanked on either side by a latericornl The 
ot these plates i> iiu])ortaiit. in 1 ). exulans and D. mfianophiya the cnhuinkoni is in contaet w?th thp 
iten-orns behind the nostrils whilst in D, chlororhyvcho^ Ldl). is ted ^ 
bhinth c uinunK orn is broad and rounded basally but iu />. rMororhynchu. it is narrow ind 
t A darker phase in the spei ies of Sfercororim also oeeiu-' ull our coast. 
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