Archive image from page 268 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 PALMIPEDES. 257 The Prions {Pachyptila, Illiger),— In other respects similar to the Petrels, have separate nostrils like the Shearwaters, and the beak widened at its base, its edges being interiorly furnished with fine, pointed, vertical lamina;, analogous to those of the Ducks. These are the Blue Petrels (Proc. vittata and cœrulea, Forster). The Albatrosses {Diomedea, Lin.)— Are the most massive of all aquatic birds. Their large
Archive image from page 268 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 PALMIPEDES. 257 The Prions {Pachyptila, Illiger),— In other respects similar to the Petrels, have separate nostrils like the Shearwaters, and the beak widened at its base, its edges being interiorly furnished with fine, pointed, vertical lamina;, analogous to those of the Ducks. These are the Blue Petrels (Proc. vittata and cœrulea, Forster). The Albatrosses {Diomedea, Lin.)— Are the most massive of all aquatic birds. Their large, stout, and trenchant beak, with strongly marked sutures, is terminated by a hook, which looks as if articulated. The nostrils resemble short rolls, laid on each side of the beak ; and the feet have no hind toe, not even the little nail which is found in the Petrels. They inhabit the Austral seas, and feed on the spawn of Fishes, Mollusks, &c. ; [indeed, upon whatever falls in their way. They pertain to the same particular group as the Petrels, which they resemble in their whole anatomy. Their webbed feet are equally large, and they have the same habit of trampling on the waves]. The species best known to navigators, or the Giant Albatross (D. exulans, Lin.), has been termed the Cape Sheep from its size, having- white plumage, and black wiugs. The English also style it the Man-of-WarBird, [amistake, as this term applies to the Tachypete]. It is particularly common beyond the trojiic of Capricorn, and is the great enemy of the Flying Fish. This bird constructs a high nest of earth, and lays numerous eggs [each individual, however, one only, and generally in company with Pengidns], which are esteemed good eating : its cry is very loud. There are three or four others, about two-thirds the size. The Gulls (Larus, Lin.)— Have the bill moderately long, compressed, and pointed, the upper mandible arcuated towards the tip, and the lower forming a projecting angle beneath. Their
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