PAGODROMA. 
World, p. 22 : “ At noon we were in the latitude of 51° 50' South and longitude 
21° 3' E., where we saw some white birds about the size of pigeons, with 
blackish bills and feet. I never saw any such before ; and Mr. Forster had no 
knowledge of them. I believe them to be of the peterel tribe and natives of 
these icy seas.” 
Drawing No. 89 is a finished painting of a bird swimming, and was 
undoubtedly made from the bird described by J. R. Forster as above, as it is 
carefuUy drawn, the bill being accurately figured, and the gape coloured bluish, 
the total length being 12 inches. It is signed “ G. F., Dec. 30, 1772. 
Southern Ice Ocean ” — and “ Procellaria nivea ” printed below by the artist. 
This date agrees with Cook’s note {loc. cit, p. 33) : “ Dec. 30, 1772. We 
shot one of the white birds : upon which we lowered a boat into the water to 
take it up . . . The white bird was of the peterel tribe ; the bill, which is 
rather short, is of a colour between black and dark blue ; and their legs and 
feet are blue.” 
From the preceding I conclude the type-locality of Forster’s P. nivea should 
be fixed at lat. 50-60° S. long. 15-22° E. 
No synonymy was created until Peale introduced Procellaria Candida, which 
was described thus [Zool. ExpL Exp., Birds., p. 295, 1848, cf. 2nd ed., 
p. 451, 1858) 
The whole plumage, including the shafts of the quiUs and feathers, pure white, covering 
a plumbeous down ; tail slightly rounded, consisting of twelve feathers ; the under-coverts 
even with and sometimes exceechng the tail in length ; bill black, compressed, point slender ; 
the under mandible comparatively strong ; hides brown ; feet bluish flesh-colour ; nails 
strong, flattened, the inner ones very sharp on the inner edge ; flrst quill longest. Total 
length, fourteen and one tenth inches ; extent of the wings, thirty inches ; tail, four and three 
tenths inches ; bill, to the angle of the mouth, one and four tenths inches ; along the culmen, 
seven tenths of an inch ; tarsi, one and four tenths of an inch ; middle toe, including the 
nail, one and six tenths inches ; nail, four tenths of an inch. 
Latitude, 64° S. and about 104° W. of Greenwich. 
In the Oonsp. Gen. Av., Vol. II., p. 192, Bonaparte, ignoring Peale’s name, 
noted under his P. nivea, “ vars. major and minor. Unaccompanied by any 
details whatever, these names are of little interest, being absolutely nude. 
In the Mus. Pays-Bas, Procellarice, 1863, Schlegel however differentiated 
two forms, for which he used the names Procellaria nivea and Procellaria nivea 
minor. The first (p. 15) he considered to be Pagodroma nivea major of Bonaparte, 
and characterised it, giving as measurements : Wing 10 inches 1 to 7 lines ; 
bill, length 11 lines, depth 4 lines, width 4J lines ; length of nasal tubes 
2 lines ; tarsus 17 lines ; mid toe 16 lines. The other (p. 16) he introduced 
as Procellaria nivea minor, considering it to be P. n. minor of Bonaparte. 
His description reads : — 
Absolument semblable ^ la Procellaria nivea et habitant les memes parages : mais 
d’lme taille constamment moins forte. 
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