358 PROCELLARIID^. 



Subfamily 11. OCEANITIN^E. 



Key to (he Genera. 



a. Basal phalanx of the middle toe normal or 



only slightly flattened, less than the 



remaining joints and claw. 

 a'. Claws sharp, spatulate, not much flattened. 



a". Scutellae of the front of the tarsus 



obsolete 4. Oceanites, p. 358. 



b". Scutellse of the front of the tarsus dis- 

 tinct 5. Gaeroma, p. 361. 



b'. Claws flattened and wide. 



c". 1st primary much shorter than the [p. 362. 



third 6. Pelagodeoma, 



d". 1st primary longer than the 3rd 7. Pelea, p. 364. 



b. Basal phalanx of the middle toe much 



flattened, equal to or longer than the re- 

 maining joints and claw 8. Cymodeoma, p. 364. 



4. OCEANITES. 



Oceanites, Keyserling ^- Blasius, Wtrb. Eur. ii. pp. xciii, 

 131, 238 (1840) ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 82 ; 

 Forbes, Voy. Chall., Zool. iv. pt. xi. p. 56 (1882) .... O. oceanicus. 



Range. Whole Southern Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, into the ISTorth 

 Temperate Zone. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger : abdomen sooty oceanmis, p. 358. 



b. Smaller : middle of abdomen white gracilis, p. 361. 



1. Oceanites oceanicus. 



Procellaria pelagica, Wils. Am. Orn. vii. p. 90, pi. 60. fig. 6 (1813) 



{nee Linn.). 

 Procellaria oceanica, Kuhl, Beitr. p. 136 (1820), ex Banks's Icon. 



no. 12; Bp. Journ. Ac. Phil. iii. p. 233 (1823) ; Steph. in Shaw's 



Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 223 (1826) ; Bp. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 89 (1827) ; Schl. 



Mus. P.-B., vi. Procell. p. 6 (1863); Pollen S,- Van Dam, Faun. 



Mad., Ois. p. 145 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. iii. p. 104 (1871); 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 74 ; id. in Layard\s Birds 8. Afr. ed. 2, 



p. 765 (1884) ; Gurney, in Anderss. Birds Damara Land, p. 351 



(1872) ; Scl. ^ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 148 (1873) ; Ussher, 



Ibis, 1874, p. 75. 

 Procellaria wilsoni, Bp. Journ. Ac. Phil. iii. p. 231, pi. 9 (1828) ; id. 



Zool. Journ. i. p. 425 (1824) ; id. Comp. List, p. 64(1838) ; Steph. 



in Shazu's Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 224 (1826) ; Nutt. Man. Water-Birds 



N. Am. p. 322 (1834) ; Aud. Orn. Biogr. iii. p. 486, v. p. 646 ; 



id. Birds N. Am. pi. 270 ; id. 8to ed. viii. p. 106, pi. 460 ; Temm. 



Ma7i. iv. p. 512 (1840) ; Schl. Rev. Crit. Ois. Eur. p. cxxxiii (1844); 



Brehm, Naum. 1855, p. 296; id. Voqelf. p. 354; Burm. Syst. TJeb. 



Th. Bras. iii. p. 446 (1856) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 251 ( 1866) ; 



Jaub. (§• Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. Orn. Fr. p. 384 (1858) ; Lawr. 



Birds N. Am. p. 831 (1860) ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. pi. 61. fig. 3 



(1870) ; Butl. Str. F. v. p. 291 (1877) ; Rowley, Orn. Misc. ii. p. 110 



(1877) ; Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 264 : Mayn. Birds E. N. Am. p. 491 



(1879) ; Samuels, N. 8^ E. Birds, p. 553 (1883). 



