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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
26. Silver-grey Petrel Priocella antarctica Stephens 
Pri-o-ccll'-a —compound of prion, a saw, and procella, storm: antarctica — 
of the Antarctic. 
Distribution .—Southern oceans, from Antarctica north to St Helena, 
New Zealand, and Peru; accidental to Victoria and Tasmania. 
Notes .—There are only a few records of the occurrence of this 
species in Australian seas, and little has been publishd concerning its 
habits. Breeds on Cape Hunter (Stillwell Island, Antarctica). 
Nest .—On ledges of cliffs. 
Egg. —White. Breeding-season : November and December. 
27. Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea Gmelin 
Pro-cell-ar -i-a —L., procella, storm; Gk, laros, sea-bird: cin-er-e-a _L 
cinereus, ashen. 
?r>oc - Distribution '— Southern oceans from about latitude 55°S. to about 
30 S. and on the western coast of South America to Peru; not uncommon 
off the coasts of southern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 
Ai f° p llIed Brown Petrel. Gould collected specimens of this 
Petrel between Hobart and Sydney. Practically nothing has been recorded 
An^tXh^ COn ° my - Bre ' dS °" G ° USh ' KerSUel “' *»« 
A r est .—In a large chamber at the end of a burrow. 
Egg. -White. Breeding-season: November to April; October to 
December (Macquarie Island). p ’ VJCI0Der t0 
28. Giant Petrel Macronectes gigantcus Gmelin 
' arge: ° k ' S ' vimm ' r: 9<-mn-,e-us 
tropif oTcaDrim^ S rf h?rn from the Antaictic Continent to the 
America. P ’ anging fartli er north to the western coast of South 
gracSVd buivt, as ffi T d A^t Plle , bi ."- Ita flight is not so 
flapping in character Most of itc f ^ atross . being more laboured and 
surface of the watS consists of Lhcn°f’ wh,ch ,s P™curcd from the 
life, also refuse from ships This Petrel S ' crustaceans > :u ] d other marine- 
dcvours other sea-birds. There is a white nh SCaVL ‘ ngc . r ' u a! . s ° hills and 
practically confined to the nein-Mv-t. i h’tephaseof this species which is 
on the South Shetland* Sh O J°° d ° f Antar <-'tic Circle. Breeds 
Islands, Tristan da Cu^ S ft? S 1 and Sou £ Georgia, Falkland 
Crozet, Kerguelen Macauarie i t/ () 'j't ri " Ce Edward, Marion, the 
islands of New Zealand. 1 ’ d IIeard I slands . and the sub-Antarctic 
