. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 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 bro
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 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. * Group 2. Wing, to inches long. Tail, nearly square; upijcr tail coverts, white, not tipped with black; underparts, dull black; tarsus, over Oreanitea oceaniruf:. Wilson's Petrel. See Xo. 60. Tail, decidedly forked; upiier tail , white, not tipped with black; underparts, brownish black oi- sooty brown ; tarsus, less than Oceanodroma li-unirhna. Leach's Petrel. See Xo. 68. Underparts, white. Pelagodroma marina. White-faced Petrel. See Xo. 71. * For directions lor iiieamirenient, see page 1).. 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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