An Australian Bird Book Part 9

=49 Giant Petrel= (Fulmar), Mother Carey's Goose, Nelly, Glutton, Stinkpot, Vulture of the Seas, _Macronectes gigantea_, S. Oceans up to 30 S. Lat. Oregon (acc).

c. _ocean_ 33

Dark chocolate-brown; bill horn-color; has also a white phase; f., sim. Scavenger, omnivorous.

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=50 Cape-Petrel= (Pintado, Black and White, Spotted, Pied), Cape-Pigeon (-Fulmar), _Daption capensis_, A., N.Z., S. Oceans to Brazil, Ceylon, Peru, acc. to California, Maine, England.

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, sh.e.l.lfish.

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=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.

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=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. Sh.e.l.lfish, oily substances.

=55 Fairy Dove-Petrel= (-Prion), Short-billed (Gould) Blue-Petrel, _P. brevirostris (ariel)_, S. Indian O., A., Ba.s.s 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.

Sh.e.l.lfish.

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, sh.e.l.lfish.

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=58 Royal Albatross=, _D. regia_, A., T., N.Z. Seas.

c. _ocean_ 44

Lately separated from 57, because young have white down instead of gray; adult has no zigzag lines; f., sim. Food see 57.

=59 Black-browed Albatross= (Mollymawk), _D. melanophrys_, S.

Oceans, England (once).

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Head, neck, under, upper base tail white; blackish-gray streak through eye; wings dark brown; back slaty-black; tail dark-gray; bill buff-yellow; f., young sim. Fish.

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=60 White-capped Albatross=, shy Mollymawk, _D.

(Thala.s.sageron) cauta_, A. Seas, Ba.s.s St.

c. _ocean_ 31

Back slaty-gray; rump white; wings dark-gray; tail slaty-gray; head, neck, under white; blackish streak through eye; bill horn-color; f., smaller. Fish, barnacles, shrimps.