. A history of British birds . ies, and said to comefrom Greenland, but the late Prof. Reinhardt informed (Zool. 1881, p. 378) that he thinks it may havecome from Labrador. With this exception, its range seemsto be very limited ; there is, however, a closely-allied species,B, macgillivrayi, found in the vicinity of the Fiji Islands. In the adult bird the bill is black ; the irides deep brown ;the whole of the plumage almost uniform brownish-black,rather paler on the edges of the great wing-coverts ; tailmuch graduated and cuneate ; legs and toes dark reddish-brown, the interdigital me
. A history of British birds . ies, and said to comefrom Greenland, but the late Prof. Reinhardt informed (Zool. 1881, p. 378) that he thinks it may havecome from Labrador. With this exception, its range seemsto be very limited ; there is, however, a closely-allied species,B, macgillivrayi, found in the vicinity of the Fiji Islands. In the adult bird the bill is black ; the irides deep brown ;the whole of the plumage almost uniform brownish-black,rather paler on the edges of the great wing-coverts ; tailmuch graduated and cuneate ; legs and toes dark reddish-brown, the interdigital membranes dark brown. The wholelength, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail,ten inches and a half; wing, from the anterior bend to theend of the longest quill-feather, eight inches; bill three-quarters of an inch in length from the base ; tarsus andmiddle toe, including the claw, one inch and one-sixteenth. The nestling is said to be covered with a sooty-browndown. TUBINARES. FORKED-TAILED PETREL. 37 Cymochokea. leucorehoa (Vieillot.)* THE FORKED-TAILED PETREL. Thalassidro7na Leachii. Cymochorea, Couesf.—Bill shorter than the head, moderately stout, com-pressed, rising slightly at the unguis, then decurred; nostrils tubular, long and narrow ; the first quill-feather shorter than the second, whichis the longest, and also than the third, and about equal to the fourth. Taillong and deeply forked. Legs short, slender ; tarsi anteriorly reticulate ; hindtoe minute, front toes long and slender ; webs slightly emarginate. The first British specimen of this Petrel was obtained atSt. Ivilda in the summer of 1818, by Mr. Bullock, during atour round the coast of Scotland, principally undertaken witha view to investigate its ornithology. At the sale of collection in the spring of 1819, this specimen wasbought by Dr. Leach, and transferred to the national collec-tion in the British Museum. At that time only three other * Procellaria leu
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