_A Monograph of the Petrels_, by F. Du Cane Godman, F.R.S., Pres. British Ornithologists' Union, was consulted for Order VIII. ==== [Page 26] [Illustration: [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]] ORDER VIII.--PROCELLARIIFORMES, TUBINARES, TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS. F. 27. PROCELLARIIDAE (5), STORM-PETRELS, MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS, 25 sp--10(3)A., 2(0)O., 10(0)P., 7(0)E., 13(4)Nc., 13(3)Nl. 2 3 =35 Wilson Storm-Petrel= (Yellow-webbed, Flat-clawed), _Oceanites oceanica_, S. Polar regions N. to British Is. (acc), Labrador (acc.), India, A., N.Z. c. _ocean_ 6.8 Blackish; base tail above below white; legs black; webs yellow; f., sim. Shellfish, small fish, greasy. [Page 27] =36 Gray-backed Storm-Petrel=, _O. (Garrodia) nereis_, S. Oceans, A., T., N.Z. r. _ocean_ 6.7 Sooty; abdomen, under base tail whitish; bill, feet black; f., sim. Oily substances, shellfish. 1 1 =37 White-breasted Storm-Petrel= (White-faced), Frigate Petrel, Mother Carey's Chicken, _Pelagodroma marina_, S. Oceans, N. to Canary Is., U.S. (acc.) c. Mud. Is. _ocean_ 8 Upper brownish-gray; crown, line under eye, edge of wing, tail black; under, face, throat, line above eye white; bill, feet black; webs yellow; f., sim. Shellfish, oily matters. 2 4 =38 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel=, _Cymodroma (Fregetta) melanogaster_, S. Oceans, to N. Atl., A., T. r. _ocean_ 7.5 Sooty-black; under base tail, flanks white; bill, feet black; f., sim. Sea-animals, oily. =39 White-bellied Storm-Petrel=, _C. grallaria_, S. Oceans to B. of Bengal, Atl. to Cancer, Florida (acc). r. _ocean_ 7.2 Upper, neck, chest black; under, rump white; bill, feet black; f., sim. Sea-animals, oily. F. 28. PUFFINIDAE (29), PETRELS, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, 75 sp.--47(16)A., 7(0)O., 24(0)P., 30(2)E., 22(4)Nc., 37(7)Nl. 7 25 =40 Wedge-tailed Petrel= (Shearwater), _Puffinus sphenurus_, A. seas. v.r. _ocean_ 17.5 Sooty-brown; wing blackish; tail black; throat ashy-gray; under dull ashy-brown; bill lead color; legs, feet livid flesh color, dusky on inner side of leg and toe. Like 42, but tail longer; f., sim. Food as for 41. [Page 28] [Illustration: [41] [42] [43] [44] [45]] =41 Allied Petrel=, Gould Shearwater (Little Dusky), _P. assimilis_, A. and N.Z. Seas, Atl. O. to Madiera Is., Nova Scotia (acc.). Flocks v.r. _ocean_ 11 Upper, crown, wings, tail sooty-black; side face, under white; side-chest dusky; bill dark horn-colour; legs greenish-yellow; f., sim. Shrimps, shellfish, seaweed. =42 Short-tailed Petrel= (Sooty, Bonaparte), Slender-billed Shearwater (U.S.), Seal-Bird, Mutton-Bird (V.), _P. brevicaudus (tenuirostris)_, A., Bass St., T., N.Z. Migrates to Alaska, Japan. Flocks, c. _ocean_ 14