An Australian Bird Book Part 8

Oily substances, sh.e.l.lfish.

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=37 White-breasted Storm-Petrel= (White-faced), Frigate Petrel, Mother Carey's Chicken, _PelaG.o.droma marina_, S. Oceans, N. to Canary Is., U.S. (acc.)

c. Mud. Is. _ocean_ 8

Upper brownish-gray; crown, line under eye, edge of wing, tail black; under, face, throat, line above eye white; bill, feet black; webs yellow; f., sim. Sh.e.l.lfish, oily matters.

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=38 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel=, _Cymodroma (Fregetta) melanogaster_, S. Oceans, to N. Atl., A., T.

r. _ocean_ 7.5

Sooty-black; under base tail, flanks white; bill, feet black; f., sim. Sea-animals, oily.

=39 White-bellied Storm-Petrel=, _C. grallaria_, S. Oceans to B. of Bengal, Atl. to Cancer, Florida (acc).

r. _ocean_ 7.2

Upper, neck, chest black; under, rump white; bill, feet black; f., sim. Sea-animals, oily.

F. 28. PUFFINIDAE (29), PETRELS, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, 75 sp.--47(16)A., 7(0)O., 24(0)P., 30(2)E., 22(4)Nc., 37(7)Nl.

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=40 Wedge-tailed Petrel= (Shearwater), _Puffinus sphenurus_, A. seas.

v.r. _ocean_ 17.5

Sooty-brown; wing blackish; tail black; throat ashy-gray; under dull ashy-brown; bill lead color; legs, feet livid flesh color, dusky on inner side of leg and toe. Like 42, but tail longer; f., sim. Food as for 41.

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=41 Allied Petrel=, Gould Shearwater (Little Dusky), _P. a.s.similis_, A. and N.Z. Seas, Atl. O. to Madiera Is., Nova Scotia (acc.).

Flocks v.r. _ocean_ 11

Upper, crown, wings, tail sooty-black; side face, under white; side-chest dusky; bill dark horn-colour; legs greenish-yellow; f., sim. Shrimps, sh.e.l.lfish, seaweed.

=42 Short-tailed Petrel= (Sooty, Bonaparte), Slender-billed Shearwater (U.S.), Seal-Bird, Mutton-Bird (V.), _P. brevicaudus (tenuirostris)_, A., Ba.s.s St., T., N.Z. Migrates to Alaska, j.a.pan.

Flocks, c. _ocean_ 14

Sooty-brown; under paler; bill blackish-brown; legs, feet light-grey, black down outer side. Food as 41.

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=43 Brown Petrel= (Great-Gray), Black-tailed Shearwater (U.S.), Night Hawk (e), Bully, Kuia, _Procellaria (Priofinus) cinereus_, S.O., California (once).

r. _ocean_ 19.5

Crown, upper dark brownish-gray; under white; under base tail ashy-brown; tail black; feet grayish-flesh color; outer toe brownish-black; dives; f., sim.

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=44 Silver-gray Petrel= (Fulmar), Slender-billed Fulmar (U.S.), _Priocella glacialoides_, Ba.s.s St., A., T., N.Z., S. Oceans, Pacific to j.a.pan, Alaska.

c. _ocean_ 18

Pearly-gray; tip-wing black; face, under silky-white; f., sim.

Dead animals, oil, cuttlefish.

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=45 Black Petrel= (Fulmar), Taonui, _Procellaria (Majaqueus) parkinsoni_, A. and N.Z. Seas.

r. _ocean_ 18

Sooty black; f., sim. Food see 41.

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=46 Great-winged Petrel= (Long-winged, Gray-faced), _aestrelata macroptera_, A., N.Z., S. Oceans.

v.r. _ocean_ 15

Dark brown; about bill, throat gray; wing-quills, tail black; bill, feet black; f., sim. Food see 41.

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=47 Brown-headed Petrel=, Solander Fulmar, _ae. solandri_, 1 specimen only, Gould, Ba.s.s St.

u. _ocean_ 16

Head, wings, tail dark-brown; back slaty-gray, marked dark-brown; bill, legs black.

=48 White-winged Petrel=, _ae. leucoptera_, A., N.Z. to C. Horn, Fiji.

r. _ocean_ 13

Upper dark slaty-gray; forehead, face, under, under wing white; wings blackish-brown; eyes, bill black; legs, half toes and webs fleshy-white; tip toes and webs black; f., sim.

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