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Felton Mathew's original text follows
Giant Petrel, as large as a Goose, black above & white beneath The Pintadu or Cape Petrel size of a small duck, spotted black & white above and white below The grey white or Snow Petrel white with ash coloured mantle, size of a large duck. Storm petrel size of a lark, white on the crupper has much the appearance of a swallow Ash-coloured Puffin size of a pigeon ash coloured above light coloured beneath wings & tail blackish Albatros They have no thumb nor even nail like the Petrel plumage white with black wings There are some, more or less brown or blackish, whether varieties or distinct species, is not known. Froddy blackish brown, top of the head whitish Tropic Bird, with two long feathers at its tail In addition to the above I have observed a very large bird somewhat larger than a goose, the whole plumage of a dark grey or greyish brown A bird of the size of a crow, the whole plumage and a head rather smaller than the last, the head pure white & the wings quite black. Description of a young bird, caught on Manmrea
Plains, Tuggerah Beach Lake, N.S.W. 4th Nov. 1831
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