. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. FAMILY DIOMEDEID^. 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 to),) roulnieii), yellow. A verj' large sea bird. Thnlasso(jeron ntlmiiKitin^. Yellow = nosed Albatross. .See No. 5G. FAMILY PROCELLARIID^. Shearwaters, Petrels, and Fulmars. Nostrils, tubular, united in one double=barrelled
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. FAMILY DIOMEDEID^. 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 to),) roulnieii), yellow. A verj' large sea bird. Thnlasso(jeron ntlmiiKitin^. Yellow = nosed Albatross. .See No. 5G. FAMILY PROCELLARIID^. 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 inches long. General plmiiage, .sooty black, the with faint brownish tinge; upper tail coverts, white, some of tlieni tipjx'd with black. Procellaria pelagica. Stormy Petrel. See No. G7. * Group 2. Wing, to inches long. Tail, nearly square; iii)iH'r tail coverts, white, not tipped with l)]ack; underparts, dull black; tarsus, over Oceanitrs ocmnirns. Wilson's Petrel. See No. Gi). Tail, decidedly forked; uppci-tail coverts, wliite, not tii)p<'d witli black; uiiderparts, brownish black or sooty brown; tarsus, less than Oceanodroma Icurorhoa. Leach's Petrel. See No. G8. Underparts, white. Pelagodronuc marina. White=faced Petrel. See No. * For directions; for moasuremcnt, pee page i).. 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 Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Special edition printed for the Field Columbian museum
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