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THALASSIDEOMA PELAGICA. THE COMMON 

 STORM-PETEEL. 



MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN. STORM-FINCH. LITTLE PETREL. WATER-WITCH. 

 ALAMOUTI. ASILAG. SPENCY. SEA SWALLOW. MITTY. 



Procellaria pelagica. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 212. 



Procellaria pelagica. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 826. 



Stormy Petrel. Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Supplt. 



Petrel tempete. Procellaria pelagica. Temm. Man. d'Omith. II. 810. 



Common Storm-Petrel. Thalassidroma pelagica. Selby, Illustr. II. o3S, 



Procellaria pelagica. Stormy Petrel. Jen. Brit. A'^ert. Anim. 285. 



Thalassidroma pelagica. Bonap. Comp, List, 64. 



Tail slightly rounded ; hill and feet black; plmnage grey- 

 ish-hlack above, sooty -brow7i beneath; secondary coverts mar- 

 gined externally icith dull greyish-white ; feathers of the rump 

 and sides of abdomen vjhite ; upper tail-coverts white, broadly 

 tipped with black; length nearly six inches. Young of 

 lighter tints, with the feathers edged with reddish-brown. 



Male in Winter. — This species, the smallest of its 

 genus, and of the entire series of sea-birds, bears, not only in 

 its form and colours, but also in its mode of flying, a great 

 resemblance to some swallows. Its body is slender, the neck 

 short, the head oblong and compressed. The bill is shorter 



