. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . rd the end, slightlyrecurved, with the tips dccurvcd; upper mandible with twodorsal plates enchng abruptly and covering the tubular nos-trils, beyond which the dorsal line is concave, and thenconvex ; the tip strong, much compressed, decurved, acute;lower mandible with the angle very long and narrow, thedorsal line decurved, the edges sharp and
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . rd the end, slightlyrecurved, with the tips dccurvcd; upper mandible with twodorsal plates enchng abruptly and covering the tubular nos-trils, beyond which the dorsal line is concave, and thenconvex ; the tip strong, much compressed, decurved, acute;lower mandible with the angle very long and narrow, thedorsal line decurved, the edges sharp and inflexed, the tipdecurved, acute. The feet are rather large ; the tibia barefor a short space; tarsus compressed, reticulated ; hind toeextremely small, with a conical, deflexed claw; anterior toeslong, slender, their membranes full, the outer toe slightlylonger than the third; claws arched, compressed, fidl, close, blended, rather compact above. Wingsvery long, narrow, pointed, the first quill longest; tail ofmoderate length, graduated or rounded, of twelve feathers. They differ from the Fulmars in having the bill muchmore slender, with both points decurved, and the tarsicompressed. 43S PUFFINUS CINEREUS. THE FiQ. 88. Cinereous Shearwater. Puffinus cinereiis. Selby, Illustr. Brit. Omith. II. Puffinus, and P. fuliginosa. Jenyns. Brit. Vert. Anim. 284. majcur ou arctique. Puffinus major. Temm. Man. dOmith IV. cinercus. Bonap. Comp. List, G4. Length about eighteeyi viclies / hill about two i?iches Jong ;tarsus two inches and a little more ; tail graduated; tipperjtarts broirn ; the head and nape tinged with grey ; wing-coverts aslt-grey; primary (juil/s and tail-feathers blacJush-brown ; lower parts xohitc ; or, the tipper parts deep brown ;the lower brownish-grey. This species, of wliich only a very few individuals havebeen obtained in Enj^land, was introduced to the BritishFauna by Mr. Selby, a speciTuen
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