. The birds of Australia. Birds. schlegel's petkbl, 59 Schlegel's Petrel. CEstrelata neglecta. New Zealand seas principally. Crown of the head and hind neck sooty brown, mixed on the latter with white, the rest of the upper surface brownish black; around the eyes is a faint mark of brown which fades away on the face; all the under surface white; quills with white shafts and white on the inner webs; tail feathers white at the base. Total length inches, wing 12, tail 4, tarsus Schlegel's Petrel: Oestrelata neglecta. Tom IredaJe. It would be well to quote from Tom Iredale's account of
. The birds of Australia. Birds. schlegel's petkbl, 59 Schlegel's Petrel. CEstrelata neglecta. New Zealand seas principally. Crown of the head and hind neck sooty brown, mixed on the latter with white, the rest of the upper surface brownish black; around the eyes is a faint mark of brown which fades away on the face; all the under surface white; quills with white shafts and white on the inner webs; tail feathers white at the base. Total length inches, wing 12, tail 4, tarsus Schlegel's Petrel: Oestrelata neglecta. Tom IredaJe. It would be well to quote from Tom Iredale's account of birds found on the Kermadec Islands in the "Emu," vol. x, July, 1910, p. 14:— "During winter, however, Meyer Island is covered with birds, while none are found on Sunday Island. The darkest birds have the whole of the plumage of a dark blaek-grey— these are the birds Hutton called philippi, gray; the lightest have the head and all the under parts pure white—Hutton separated this as leucophrys. Between these two extremes every phase of plumage exists; the dark birds bred with the light. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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