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OCEAN BIRDS. 



No. 157, 



WILSON'S PETREL. 



Order: Tubinares. 

 Family: Procellariidae . 



Genus: Oceanltes. 

 Species: O. oceanicus. 



Distribution: 



A common summer visitor after the breeding season in the 

 south. 



Date of Arrival: 

 May. 



Date of Departure: 



Latter part of August. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts black, wings grayish ; under parts paler. Bill 

 black, feet black, yellow webs. Length about 7.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 

 '' Kee-re-kee-kee." 



Haunts: 



A true bird of the ocean while with us. 



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