An Australian Bird Book: A Pocket Book for Field UseLeach, John Albert
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An Australian Bird Book: A Pocket Book for Field Use
Leach, John Albert
Birds -- Australia
=52 Broad-billed Dove-Petrel= (Blue-), Whale-Bird, Prion, _P.
vittatus_, S. Oceans.
c. _ocean_ 11.5
Upper delicate blue-gray; head darker than back; edge shoulder,
wing, tip-tail black; under, line over eye, white; flanks blue;
broad bill blue tipped black; feet light-blue; f., sim. Cuttlefish.
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=53 Banks Dove-Petrel= (Blue-), Prion, Whiroia, _P. banksi_,
S. Oceans, A., T., N.Z.
r. _ocean_ 10
Like 52, but bill narrower and paler blue-gray; expanded wings show
black marks like letter W. Food as 54.
=54 Dove-Petrel=, Dove-like-Petrel (-Prion), Whale-Bird
(Snow-), _P. desolatus_, S. Oceans.
c. _ocean_ 10.5
Like 52, 53, but more delicate; blackish below eye; white
stripe above eye; head same as back; bill straighter, more
slender; f., smaller. Shellfish, oily substances.
=55 Fairy Dove-Petrel= (-Prion), Short-billed (Gould)
Blue-Petrel, _P. brevirostris (ariel)_, S. Indian O., A.,
Bass St., Madeira, S. Africa.
v.r. _ocean_ 9.5
Like 52, 53, 54, but bill shorter, stouter; head same as back;
white face.
F. 29. PELECANOIDIDAE (1), DIVING PETRELS, 3 sp.--2(0)A.,
1(0)E., 3(1)Nl.
1
3
=56 Diving-Petrel=, Smaller Diving Petrel, Tee-tee,
_Pelecanoides urinatrix_, A., N.Z., Str. of Magellan.
r. _sheltered bays_ 8
Upper black; under white; legs, feet blue; dives; f., sim.
Shellfish.
F. 30. DIOMEDEIDAE (10), ALBATROSSES, Mollymawks, 19
sp.--13(3)A., 2(0)O., 5(0)P., 5(1)E., 5(0)Nc., 9(3)Nl.
7
17
=57 Wandering Albatross=, Man-of-War-Bird, Cape Sheep, Toroa,
_Diomedea exulans_, S. Oceans up to Lat. 30° S.
c. _ocean_ 44
Upper white with fine zigzag brown lines; wing-quills black;
tail short, black above; side face, under white; zigzag lines
on side of breast; bill whitish; color varies with age; span
up to 14 ft.; f., sim. Jelly-fish, shrimps, shellfish.
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[Illustration: [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]]
=58 Royal Albatross=, _D. regia_, A., T., N.Z. Seas.
c. _ocean_ 44
Lately separated from 57, because young have white down
instead of gray; adult has no zigzag lines; f., sim. Food see
57.
=59 Black-browed Albatross= (Mollymawk), _D. melanophrys_, S.
Oceans, England (once).
v.c. _ocean_ 32
Head, neck, under, upper base tail white; blackish-gray
streak through eye; wings dark brown; back slaty-black; tail
dark-gray; bill buff-yellow; f., young sim. Fish.
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=60 White-capped Albatross=, shy Mollymawk, _D.
(Thalassageron) cauta_, A. Seas, Bass St.
c. _ocean_ 31
Back slaty-gray; rump white; wings dark-gray; tail slaty-gray;
head, neck, under white; blackish streak through eye; bill
horn-color; f., smaller. Fish, barnacles, shrimps.
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