Oeder TUBINARES.] 
[Pam. PEOCELLAEIID^. 
PEION TIJETUE. 
(DOVE PETREL.) 
Procellaria turtur, Kuhl, Moiiogr. Procell. p. 143, pi. xi. fig. 8 (1820, ex Banks MS.). 
Prion turtur, Gould, Ann. N. H. xiii. p. 366 (1844). 
Halohwna typica, Bonap. C. E. xlii. p. 768 (1856). 
Pseudoprion turtur, Coues, Proc. Phil. Acad. 1866, p. 166. 
Plative names. — Whiroia and Totorore. 
Ad. suprti pulchre et saturate cinereus, scapularibus brunnescentibus albo terminatis : tectricibus alarum clorso 
coiicoloribus, minimis brunnescentibus : remigibus fuliginoso-brunneis, intus albis, secundariis cinereis : 
cauda cinereA ad apicem brunueo fasciata : facie antica alba minute cinereo punctulata : supercilio albo ab 
oculo postico suprk regionem paroticam ducto : plumis subocnlaribus et regione paroticd cinereis ; facie 
laterali et corpore reliquo subtus albo, pectore laterali summo et hypocbondriis imis pulclire cinereis : srxb- 
alaribus albis : rostro dare cinereo, ad basin nigricante : pedibus pallide cinereis, antice viridi lavatis, palmis 
albicanti-canis : iride nigricanti-brunnea. 
Adult. Crown of tbe head, back of neck, and upper parts generally delicate blue-grey ; a small spot in front of 
the eyes and a streak below them greyish black ; space surrounding the bill, the lores, a broad line above 
and continued beyond the eyes, the throat, fore neck, and all the under surface pure white, tinged on the 
sides of the body and flanks with blue-grey ; the primaries and their coverts are black on their outer webs ; 
a black band with fading edges covers the smaller wing-coverts, and passes across the lower region of the 
back and the scapulars, leaving the tips of the latter white ; and when the wings are expanded this assumes 
the form of a crescent ; the middle tail-feathers arc blackish toAvards the tips, and their under-coverts are 
tinged with blue. Irides brownish black ; bill bluish grey, darker on the sides, and inclining to black at 
the base; legs and feet light blue, tinged with green in front, the webs whitish grey. Total length 11 
inches ; extent of wings 22; wing, from flexure, 7 ; tail 3 ; bill, along the ridge 1, greatest width at base '4, 
length of lower mandible 1'2; tarsus 1‘5 ; middle toe and claw 1‘6. 
Young. Assumes the adult plumage on emerging from the downy state. 
Chick. Covered with thick, soft doAvn, and having much the appearance of a little ball of wool. General colour 
grey ; whitish on the fore ncek, breast, and abdomen. Bill whitish horn-colour at the tip. 
Nestling. The downy covering darkens to a slaty grey as the young bird advances, and the feathers begin first 
to show themselves on the wings. 
This charming little Petrel is extremely abundant off our coasts, and I have often observed fiocks of 
them on the wing together numbering many hundreds. In boisterous weather it appears to suffer 
more than any other oceanic species from the fury of the tempest, and the sea-beach is sometimes 
found literally strewn with the bodies of the dead and dying. I have frequently watched them 
battling, as it were, with the storm, till at length, unable longer to keep to windward, they have been 
mercilessly borne down upon the sands, and being unable, from sheer exhaustion, to rise on the wing 
again, have been beaten to death by the rolling surf or pounced upon and devoured by a hovering 
