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Show 408 AVES. which arises from the nostril terminates obliquely on the inferior third of its edge. · .. .!lpt. chrysocoma, Gm.; Le Gorfou sauteur, Enl. 984; Vlelll. Gal. 29 s. (The Jumping Gorfu.) As large. as a stout D k bl k above white beneath, and has a wh1te or yellow uc ' ac ' . . . . f tu f t on eac h s1' de of 1'ts occiput. Found m the V. 1cm1ty o the Falkland Islands and of New Holland •. It som~tlmes leaps out of the water while swimmin·g, and lays 1ts eggs m a hole on the shore.(l) SPHENisous, Briss.(2) A compressed an d strair>o 'ht bill • irregularly furrowed at base; en d of t h e upp er n1andible hooked, that o. f the lower one truncated; the nostrils exposed and placed in the middle. .!lpt. demersa, Gm.; Sphenisque du Cap, Enl: 382, a~d 1005. Black above, white beneath; the bill brown w1th a wh1te band on the middle; the male has a white eye-brow, black throat and a black line on the breast, which continues along each flank. Found near the cape where it breeds among the rocks.(3) FAMILY II. LONGIPENNES. This family includes those birds of the high seas, ~hi~h from their immense strength of wing are to be met With, m every latitude. They are known by the freedom or ~ulh~ii of the thumb, by their very long wings, and by their hi which is not notched but hooked at the point in the first ge· nera and simply pointed in the others. Their inferior !arynx has b' ut one peculiar muscle on each s1' de , t h e1' r g1' zzar dlSIDUS· cular and their creca short. PROCELLARIA, Lin. The Petrels have a bill hooked at the end, the extrem1't Y of which ( 1) Add .apt. catarrhactes, Edw ., 49 ;-.B. papua, Sonner. Voy · 1' PI · 115, and Vieill. Gal. 299;-.8. minor, Lath. Syn. ITI, pl. 103. . to the (2) Spheniscm, a name given by Ma:hr.m g to t h e 01· a em1·a , an d byBnsson Penguins; from l:~HY (wedge). fthe Jpt. (3) .Bptenod. fOWJuatd, Sonner. Voy. I, 114, appears to be the female 0 demersa. PALMIPEDBS. 409 seems to consist of a distinct piece articulated with the remainder. Their nostrils are united and form a tube laid on the back of the upper mandible; there is a nail planted in the heel, but no thumb. Of all the Palmipedes, these remain most constantly at a distance from land, and when a tempest supervenes, they are forced to seek shelter on reefs and ships, from which circumstance they derive their name of Storm Birds: that of Petrel-Little Peter-has been given to them on account of their habit of walking on the water, which they effect by the aid of their wings. They make their nests in holes of rocks, and eject on those who attack them an oily fluid with which their stomach seems to be always filled. The greater number inhabit the Antarctic Seas. Those species are more particularly called PETRELs-PRooELLARIA- whose lower mandible is truncated . Pro c. gigantea, Gm.; Petrel geant; Quebranta huesaOBJ Lath. Syn. III, pl. 100 (The Giant Petrel), is only found in the South Seas. It is the largest of all the species, surpassing the Goose in size. Its plumage is blackish, though there are some varieties in which it is more or less white. Proc. capensis; Petrel du Cap, &c. Enl. 964 (The Cape Petrel), is the size of a small Duck, white above, spotted black and white beneath. It is found in the same seas as the preceding species, and is frequently spoken of by navigators.(I) Proc. glacialis; Fttlmar; Petrel de 8aint-Kilda, Enl. 59; Brit. Zool. pl. M, f. I. (The Fulmar.) White, with an ash-coloured tnantle; bill and feet yellow; size of a stout duck. It breeds among the cliffs on the coasts of the British islands, and of the whole north.(2) Certain small species, with a somewhat shorter bill and rather longe1· legs and black plumage, the THALASSIDROMA, Vigors, are particularly designated by sailors under the name of Storm Birds. ( 3) ' The most common, Proc. pelagica, Briss. VI, xiii, I; Wils . • VII, lix, 6; Edw., 90, is scarcely larger than a Lark; stands high; all brown except the rump which is white, and a white line on the end of the great wing-coverts. When it seeks shel- (1) Better known to mariners as the Cape Pigeon. .Om. Ed. (2) Add the Petrel hartie, Temm., Col. 416;-the Petrel Mrard, Freycinet, 37 ;Proc. cinerea, Lath. ;-Proc. desolata, Id.;-Proc. turtur, Forst. (3) 'fhe "Mother Carey's CMckens" of the English and American seamen. .Bm.Ed. VoL. I.-3 B |