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PROCELLARIN^. PROCELLARIA. 
rather large, ovate ; neck rather short ; body full. Feet of 
moderate length, stout ; tibia bare for a short space below; 
tarsus a little compressed, reticulated with angular scales ; 
hind toe a slight prominence with a conical claw ; fore toes 
long, slender, scutellate, connected by striated even webs ; 
fourth toe slightly shorter than third. Claws moderate, 
arched, compressed, rather acute. Plumage full, close, 
elastic, rather compact above. Wings very long, narrow, 
the first quill longest. Tail short, or of moderate length, 
of from twelve to sixteen feathers. 
* Bill robust ; tail of more than twelve feathers, 
460. 1. Procellaria gigantea, Linn. Gigantic Fulmar. 
Not figured. 
Bill longer than the head, nasal plate carinate, very slightly concave 
above, yellow, as are the feet ; tail of sixteen feathers ; general colour 
of plumage a deep brown tinged with grey, lighter on the lower parts, 
and especially on the lower surface of the wings., 
Length, 36 ; tail, 7i ; bill, 4. 
Off the Columbia River, 
Gigantic Fulmar, Procellaria gigantea, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 330. 
461. 2. Procellaria glacialis, Linn. Common Fulmar. 
Plate C CL XIV. Male. 
Bill shorter than the head, moderately compressed, with the nasal 
plate flattened concave above ; tail slightly rounded, of fourteen fea- 
thers ; bill, feet, and claws yellow ; head, neck, and lower parts, pure 
white ; back and wings light greyish-blue, the rump paler, the tail 
bluish- white ; primary quills and coverts blackish-brown. Young in 
first plumag’e jOfreyish-brown. 
Male, 8, 18. 
Not uncommon oflP the coast, from New York to Nova Scotia. 
Abundant on the banks of Newfoundland. Breeds in high latitudes. 
Procellaria glacialis, Bonap. Syn. p. 369. 
Fulmar Petrel, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 330. 
Fulmar Petrel, Procellaria glacialis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 446. 
462. 3. Procellaria pacifica, Aud. Pacific Fulmar. 
Not figured. 
Bill shorter than the head, considerably compressed, with the nasal 
plate carinate and almost straight ; tail rounded, of fourteen feathers ; 
