A small shoal of procellaria furcata was once driven into the Bay by stormy weather.
"A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2"
Otto von Kotzebue
195 procellaria galcialis, i.
"The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II"
A.E. Nordenskieold
All the three specimens of this species had a distinct although minute claw, representing a thumb, upon one leg, thus apparently forming a link between the genus procellaria and the genus Diomedea.
"Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2)"
George Grey