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KEY AyD DESCRIPTIOy 



having the longer feathers black tipped. The under tail 

 coverts are mixed with whitish, and the bill and feet are black. 

 The common stormy petrel of tlie Atlantic near 

 Europe. 



Lengtli, 5^ ; wing, 4f (4.\-5); tail, 2\ ; tarsus, | ; 

 cuhuen, \. Atlantic Ocean, south over the 

 American siiK' to the Newfoundland Banks. 



S. Leach's Petrel (100. Oceanddroma 

 IfKcdrhoa). — A fork-tailed, sooty- 

 brown petrel, with white \x\> 

 per tail coverts and black 

 bill and feet. The 

 forking of the tail 

 is over ^ inch. 



'•n^ ^^^. '^^^^^^^^kib^ Length, 8 ; wing, 



{>\ (0-6i); tail, 3J ; 

 tarsus, J ; culnien, J. 

 Stormy Petrel Northern oceans, 



south in America to 



Califtniiia and Viriiinia : iireeding from Maine northward. 



1). Wilson's Petrel 

 tailed, sooty-brown 

 petrel, with white 

 upjjer tail covert s 

 and a white bar on 

 the Avings at the 

 edge of the wing 

 coverts. The webs 

 of the feet are most- 

 ly yellow, and the 

 under tail coverts 

 somewhat grayish. 

 This is the common 

 small petrel of the 

 Atlantic Ocean, in 

 our summer, its 



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