460. 1. Procellaria gigantea, Linn. Gigantic Fulmar.
Not figured.
Bill longer than the head, nasal plate carinate, very slightly concave above, yellow, as are the feet; tail of sixteen feathers; general colour of plumage a deep brown tinged with grey, lighter on the lower parts, and especially on the lower surface of the wings.
Length, 36; tail, 71/2; bill, 4.
Off the Columbia River.
Gigantic Fulmar, Procellaria gigantea, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 330.
461. 2. Procellaria glacialis, Linn. Common Fulmar.
Plate CCLXIV. Male.
Bill shorter than the head, moderately compressed, with the nasal plate flattened concave above; tail slightly rounded, of fourteen feathers; bill, feet, and claws yellow; head, neck, and lower parts, pure white; back and wings light greyish-blue, the rump paler, the tail bluish-white; primary quills and coverts blackish-brown. Young in first plumage greyish-brown.
Male, 8, 18.