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The white and black Spotted P e t e rt e, and the little P e t e r i l, 
T H E firfl: is a Sea Fowl of the Shape and Genus of’ the laft defcribed, having all the fame. 
Charafteriftick Notes: It is about the Size of a common tame Pigeon. 
The Bill is Black, having the Noftrils in Pipes running along the upper Part of the Bill, and" 
opening forward; it hath alfo an oblique double Channel running the whole Length of the upper 
Mandible on each Side; the under .Part of the Bill doth not bend downward, as in the laft de¬ 
fcribed, but hath a Knob or Angle on the lower Side near the Point •, all which fee exprefled in 
the Figure. The Head and under .Side of the Neck is Black, having a white Spot confuledly 
intermixed with the Black on each Side of the Neck; the Back and leffer covert Feathers of the 
Wings are White, pretty regularly fpotted with Black, as is the Rump and covert Feathers of 
the Tail: The Tail is. wholly Black ■ fome of the prime Quills are Black j but the inner 
Quills which are next: the Back have their Tips Black, and their Bottoms White ; the firft Row 
of covert Feathers next above the Quills have all their Tips Black, which make a black Bar a- 
crofs the Wingi .the Wings are verged all round with Black, from the Joints to the Tips,, which 
extend beyond the Tail*, the whole under Side is White from the Bill to the covert Feathers un-, 
der the Tail j the Throat, Bfeaft, and covert Feathers under the Tail, having a few black Spots 
drawn Jong-ways *, the Legs and Feet are like thofe of the laft defcrib’d, . having the Claw or 
Spur on-the Heel % but in this I perceived no Webs on the Outfides of the outer Toes, as in the 
foregoing^.tho’ it is webbed on the Infides of the inner Toes j the LegSg ., Feet, ,and Claws, are 
all of a Blickifh or Dufky Colour. 
I flialljoin with this the little Peteril^ which is about the Size of a ' .being of a Dusky or 
Black .Colour all over, except the Rump, which is White. The flying Figure fhews the 
Bird, and the Pedeftal Stone has an out Line of the Head and Bill, of the Size of Nature, en¬ 
graved on it. It is fo very like the great black Pr/m 7 , ' except the white Rump, that a Pi( 5 fure of 
the lejfer mightpafs for i\\&greater in Miniature: :The Bill and Feet are black, having Noftrils 
and Spurs like the two laft defcribed. 
The black and ‘white Peteril was given me by my worthy Friend James Theobald, Efq; of 
Lambeth', he fays it was brought from the Cape of Good Hofe, where it is called the Pantado, . 
which is a Name the Portuguefe have given to other Birds, of a very different Nature, where they 
find them fpotted or painted, as the Name denotes. 
'Of the Wiilt'dPeteril, .above defcribed, I have feen a great many together, in the Midft of the 
moremorthern and widcft Pa:rtof.the German Ocean, where they muft have been more than too 
Englijh Miles from Land : It is ftrange tliat fo fmall a Bird fhould be able to fubfift in fuch open Seas, 
where they cannot reft but on the Water, which always is pretty rough. Thofe I have feen , 
were continually on the Wing ihey appear not but in tempeftuous Weather near Ships, or Land, 
Thefe 1 law flcreen’d themfelves out of the Wind under the Stern of the Ship I was aboard of. 
They even feek. Shelter fometimes in the deepeft Hollows that are formed between the high Waves 
of the.Sea, and wonderfully keep their Stations there, though the Waves run very fwifcly •, they 
flutter fo.-near the Surface of the Water that they feem to walk on it, for v/hich Reafon Mr. Albin 
fays they are call’d Peterils, becaufe they imitate walking on the Sea. 
Mr. Albin has defcrib’d this laft Bird, and has inferred its Manner of Flight, and flieltering 
itfelf in Storms at Sea ; he has taken no Notice of its remarkable Spur behind the Heel, but has 
given his Figure a fmall backToe, with a Claw on it, which is contrary to its Nature. I believe 
this Tribe of Birds all reft and feed on the Backs of living or dead Fifhes that float on the Sea, 
?vlr. Willoughby, in the Appendix to his Ornithology, .P. 395. has brief Defcriptions of two or 
three Sorts of Birds, that feem to me to be of the fame Genus with thefe above delcribed ; one of 
them is called tht . Storm Finck, which is, J think, .a proper general Name for the whole Tribe, 
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