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=35 Wilson Storm-Petrel= (Yellow-webbed, Flat-clawed), Oceanites oceanica, S. Polar regions N. to British Is. (acc), Labrador (acc.), India, A., N.Z.

c. ocean 6.8

Blackish; base tail above below white; legs black; webs yellow; f., sim. Shellfish, small fish, greasy.

=36 Gray-backed Storm-Petrel=, O. (Garrodia) nereis, S. Oceans, A., T., N.Z.

r. ocean 6.7

Sooty; abdomen, under base tail whitish; bill, feet black; f., sim. Oily substances, shellfish.

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=37 White-breasted Storm-Petrel= (White-faced), Frigate Petrel, Mother Carey's Chicken, Pelagodroma 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. Shellfish, 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.

=41 Allied Petrel=, Gould Shearwater (Little Dusky), P. assimilis, 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, shellfish, seaweed.

=42 Short-tailed Petrel= (Sooty, Bonaparte), Slender-billed Shearwater (U.S.), Seal-Bird, Mutton-Bird (V.), P. brevicaudus (tenuirostris), A., Bass St., T., N.Z. Migrates to Alaska, Japan.

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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