462. 3. Procellaria pacifica, Aud. Pacific Fulmar.

Not figured.

Bill shorter than the head, considerably compressed, with the nasal

plate carinate and almost straight; tail rounded, of fourteen

feathers; bill and feet yellow; head, neck, and lower parts pure

white; back and wings light greyish-blue, but most of the feathers,

including those of the tail, becoming dark grey toward the end;

primary quills and their coverts blackish-brown tinged with grey.

Differs from P. glacialis chiefly in the form of the bill.

_Adult_, 18; wing, 12-3/4; tail, 4-3/4; bill, 1-3/4.

North west coast of America. Abundant.

Pacific Fulmar, Procellaria pacifica, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.

331.

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