. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 264 TUBINARES. side by side iu the centre of the mandible. They all possess the ambiens muscle except the genus Pelecanoides. There may be about 70 species of Shearwaters of various genera, most of which belong to the Southern Hemisphere, and six of which have been recorded from the Japanese seas. 259. PUFFINUS LEUCOMELAS. (SIEBOLD'S SHEARWATER.) Procellaria leucomelas, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, no. 587 (1836). Siebold's Shearwater is the largest of the Japanese Shearwaters (wing from carpal joint 13 to 125- inches). It is brown above and white be
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 264 TUBINARES. side by side iu the centre of the mandible. They all possess the ambiens muscle except the genus Pelecanoides. There may be about 70 species of Shearwaters of various genera, most of which belong to the Southern Hemisphere, and six of which have been recorded from the Japanese seas. 259. PUFFINUS LEUCOMELAS. (SIEBOLD'S SHEARWATER.) Procellaria leucomelas, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, no. 587 (1836). Siebold's Shearwater is the largest of the Japanese Shearwaters (wing from carpal joint 13 to 125- inches). It is brown above and white below, but there is much white on the forehead and crown, and some brown on the under wing-coverts. The bill, legs, and feet are pale. Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. Head of Puffinus leucomelas. Natural size, Siebold's Shearwater is found in all the Japanese seas. There are several examples in the British Museum collected by Mr. Henson at Hakodadi, and there are two examples in the Pryer collection from Yokohama (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 176). Siebold's Shearwater ranges as far south as the Malay Archipelago, where it has been recorded from the Philippines, Borneo, Celebes, the Moluccas, New Guinea, and the Duke of York 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 Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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