. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 46 KEY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTERN NOKTH AMERICA. FAMILY DIOMEDEID/E. Albatrosses. Very large wing, over 19 inches long; upper mandible, curved near tip, lorming a hook, the end (unguis) enlarged; nostrils, separate and tubular; hind toe, rudimentary, often apparently wanting. * Group 1. Wing, 17 to 21 inches long. Bill, dark; the top ('culmeii), yfllow. Avery large ilea bird. ThulassoijeroH culminoln^. Yellow-nosed Albatross, See Xo. 56. FAMILY PROCELLARIID/E. Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. Nostrils
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 46 KEY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTERN NOKTH AMERICA. FAMILY DIOMEDEID/E. Albatrosses. Very large wing, over 19 inches long; upper mandible, curved near tip, lorming a hook, the end (unguis) enlarged; nostrils, separate and tubular; hind toe, rudimentary, often apparently wanting. * Group 1. Wing, 17 to 21 inches long. Bill, dark; the top ('culmeii), yfllow. Avery large ilea bird. ThulassoijeroH culminoln^. Yellow-nosed Albatross, See Xo. 56. FAMILY PROCELLARIID/E. Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. Nostrils, tubular, united in one double-barrelled tube; front toes, pal= mate (full webbed) ; hind toe, very small, and in some cases entirely absent; upper mandible, curved near tip; wing, less than 19 inches long. * Group 1. Wing, less than 5,50 inches long. General plumage, sooty Idaek, the underparts witli faint brownish tinge ; uj^per tail coverts, white, some of tlieni tipped with black. Frocellaria pelayica. Stormy Petrel. .See Xo. 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921; Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, Special edition printed for the Field Columbian Museum
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