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Macf/lll. Ilist. J!rit. Birds, v. p. 460(1852); Brehn, Naum. 1856, 

 p. 296 ; id. Vo(/e1f. p. 353 (1855) ; Jauh. Sf Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. 

 Orn. Fr. p. 383 (1858); Lain: Birds N. Am. p. 831 (1860); 

 Powys, Ibis, 1860, p. 357 ; WriuM, Ibis, 1863, p. 438 ; id. 

 op. cit. 1864, p. 154; id. op. eit. 1869, p. 251; Newton, in 

 Baring GouUrs Iceland, p. 419 (1863) ; B. Walker, P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 379; Gra;/, Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 224 (1863); Salvad. Atti 

 <Sbc. Hal. Sc. Nut. vi. p. 151 (1864) ; 3Iore, Ibis, 1865, p. 458 ; 

 Ilutton, Ibis, 1867, p. 190; I)ef/l. ^- Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 364 

 (1867); Turnbull, Birds of E. Lothian, p. 35 (1867); Collett, 

 Norqes Fiu/le, p. 76 (1868) ; Sperliw/, Ibis, 1868, p. 293; Smith, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 459; Bor>/;/r. J'offe/f.\^. 240(1869); Saund. Ibis, 

 1869, p. 171 ; id. op. cit. 1871, p. 401; Boderl. Avif. Sicil. p. 229 

 (1869) ; F. Boie, J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 98 ; Tacz. j. f. Orn. 1870, 

 p. 55 ; Finsch Sf Hartl. J'm/. Ostafr. p. 814 (1870) ; Jti. Grai/, Birds 

 W. Scotland, p. 507 (1871) ; Broulw, Ibis, 1873, p. 348 ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. viii. p. 491 (1874) ; Irhy, Birds Gibraltar, p, 217 

 (1875) ; id. op. cit. ed. 2, p. 309 (1895) ; Danf. e^ H.-Broion, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 433 ; Roicley, Orn. 3Iisc. i. p. 133 (1876), ii. p. 110 (1877) ; 

 Maynard, Birds E. N.Am. p. 491 (1879); Copjnnyer, Cruise of 

 the 'Alert,' pp. 13, 17 (1882) ; Chapman, Ibis, 1884, p. 98; Dixon, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 95 ; Arevalo, Ares de Esp. p. 407 (1887) ; A. Koeniy, 

 J. f. Orn. 1890, p. 464 ; Lilford, Birds Northatnptonshire, p. 418 

 (1893). 



Hydrobates faeroensis, C. L. Brchm, Voy. Dcutschl. p. 803 (1831). 



Tlialas.sidroma iiielitensis, Schemhri, Orn. del Gruppo di Malta, 

 p. 118, pi. (1843); Stri'-M. Ann. S^- May. N. H. xiv. p. 348 

 (1844) ; Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. p. 648 (1844) ; Reich. Av. Syst. Nat., 

 Natatores, pi. 16. fig. 778. 



Prooellaria lii<iubris, Natterer, Acta Ital. Mediol. 1844 (_iide Bp.) ; 

 Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 197 (1855); id. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 769 

 (1856) ; Cones, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 80. 



Procellaria minor, Kjcprh. Orn. Da7i.,Si/j>j)l.i)\. 7. fig. 2 (1854). 



Tlialassidroma minor, L. Brehni, Naamannia, 1855, p. 296. 



Thalassidroma teniiirostris et albifasciata, L. Brehm, Navmannia, 

 1855, J). 290. 



Procellaria raelitensis, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, pp. 81,90; Wright, 

 Ibis, 18()9, p. 251. 



The Storm Petrel, Yarrell, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 524 (1843). 



Adult male. Sooty -black, rather paler and browner on the fore- 

 head and nnder surface ; marji'ia of the greater -wing-covei'ts greyish 

 white ; rump and upper tail-coverts (except their tips) white ; 

 concealed portion of the under tail-coverts white ; rectrices sootj'- 

 black, white at the base, the shafts black ; middle under wing- 

 coverts white : bill, tarsi, and toes black. Total length about 

 6-5 inches, wing 4"7, tail 2-2, bill from gape 0-02, tarsus 0'9, middle 

 toe 0'S2, outer toe 0-SS, inner toe 0-65. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Yomif/. Entirely covered with uniform sooty down, paler and 

 greyer than the plumage of the adult. 



Hab. North Atlantic Ocean southwards to "West Africa ; ilediter- 

 ranean Sea. 



a,b. Ad.sk. Orkney Islands (J. 7>«««). Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Stroraness {J. Dunn). H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.], 



d, e. Ad. St. Shetland. Purchased. 



