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This charming little Petrel is extremely abundant off the 
New-Zealand coasts, and may often be observed in flocks 
numbering many hundreds. In boisterous weather it appears 
to suffer more than any other oceanic species fiom the fuiy 
of the tempest, and the sea-beach is sometimes found literally 
strewn with the bodies of the dead and dying. 
2. Prion vittatus, Gmelm. Broad-billed Dove-Petrel. 
(Case V. No. 4.) 
Although closely resembling the preceding species in the 
colours of the plumage, this Prion may be readily distin¬ 
guished by the peculiar form of its bill, which is much dilated 
at the base, and very conspicuously pectinated along the 
edges, as shown in the woodcut. 
Genus DAPTION. (Southern Hemisphere.) 
Daption capensis, Linn. Cape Petrel or “ Cape Pigeon” 
of sailors. (Case YI. No. 9.) 
Common throughout the southern seas, being familiar to 
voyagers from its habit of following in the wake of the vessel 
to pick up any floating substances that may be thrown over¬ 
board. 
