Part 17

Large flocks c. ocean 16.5

Head, hind-neck, upper-back, edge of wing, quills, chin sooty-brown; inner-wing, back white, broadly spotted sooty-brown; under white; bill, feet blackish-brown; f., sim. Food as 41.

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=51 Blue Petrel=, Prion (Halobaena) coerulea, S. Oceans, A., T., N.Z. to Icepack, Fiji.

c. ocean 11

Forehead, cheeks, throat, centre-chest, under white; upper grayish-blue; outer wing-quills black; tail square, tipped white; bill blackish-brown; f., sim. Cuttlefish, shellfish.

=52 Broad-billed Dove-Petrel= (Blue-), Whale-Bird, Prion, P. vittatus, S. Oceans.

c. ocean 11.5

Upper delicate blue-gray; head darker than back; edge shoulder, wing, tip-tail black; under, line over eye, white; flanks blue; broad bill blue tipped black; feet light-blue; f., sim. Cuttlefish.

=53 Banks Dove-Petrel= (Blue-), Prion, Whiroia, P. banksi, S. Oceans, A., T., N.Z.

r. ocean 10

Like 52, but bill narrower and paler blue-gray; expanded wings show black marks like letter W. Food as 54.

=54 Dove-Petrel=, Dove-like-Petrel (-Prion), Whale-Bird (Snow-), P. desolatus, S. Oceans.

c. ocean 10.5

Like 52, 53, but more delicate; blackish below eye; white stripe above eye; head same as back; bill straighter, more slender; f., smaller. Shellfish, oily substances.

=55 Fairy Dove-Petrel= (-Prion), Short-billed (Gould) Blue-Petrel, P. brevirostris (ariel), S. Indian O., A., Bass St., Madeira, S. Africa.

v.r. ocean 9.5

Like 52, 53, 54, but bill shorter, stouter; head same as back; white face.

F. 29. PELECANOIDIDAE (1), DIVING PETRELS, 3 sp.--2(0)A., 1(0)E., 3(1)Nl.

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=56 Diving-Petrel=, Smaller Diving Petrel, Tee-tee, Pelecanoides urinatrix, A., N.Z., Str. of Magellan.

r. sheltered bays 8

Upper black; under white; legs, feet blue; dives; f., sim. Shellfish.

F. 30. DIOMEDEIDAE (10), ALBATROSSES, Mollymawks, 19 sp.--13(3)A., 2(0)O., 5(0)P., 5(1)E., 5(0)Nc., 9(3)Nl.

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=57 Wandering Albatross=, Man-of-War-Bird, Cape Sheep, Toroa, Diomedea exulans, S. Oceans up to Lat. 30° S.

c. ocean 44

Upper white with fine zigzag brown lines; wing-quills black; tail short, black above; side face, under white; zigzag lines on side of breast; bill whitish; color varies with age; span up to 14 ft.; f., sim. Jelly-fish, shrimps, shellfish.