CONTENTS.
ANSERES—continued.
An at LD ,ii—continued.
Tadorna casarca. Ruddy S held-Duck
,, cornuta. Common Sheld-Duck
Anas boscas. Mallard
strepera. Gradwall .
Spatula clypeata. Shoveller ^ •
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BRITI S H BIKDS
TV BIN ARES.
PROCELLA RIIDÆ.
F u lm a r u s g la c ia lis (Linnaeus*).
THE FULMAR PETREL.
Procellaria glacialis.
F ulmarus, Stephens+ .—Beak not so long as the head; the upper mandible
composed of four portions, divided by lines, or indentations ; the whole together
large and strong, curving suddenly towards the point; the under mandible
grooved along each side, bent at the end, with a prominent angle beneath ; the
edges of both mandibles sharp and cutting ; those of the lower mandible shut-
ting just within those above. Nostrils prominent along the upper ridge of the
upper mandible, but united, enclosed, and somewhat hidden within a tube
Procellaria glacialis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 213 (1766).
+ Shaw’s General Zoology, xiii pt. i. p. 233 (1825).
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