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to be real's Petrel, of which there is also only one speciuion known, but Mr. Brewster 

 has considered them diflerent, as above stated. It will be hazardous to conjecture, even, 

 from whence came a bird that is so e\idently a straggler, thus we must be content to 

 leave the di.scovery of its habitat to future investigation. 



BULWERIA BULWERI. 

 Bulwer's Petrel. 



ruorELLAiiiA nuLWERi .J.^RD & Selby, 111. Oi'ii., Vol. II; tab. 6.5. 

 DESCRIPTION. 

 Sp. Ch. Size, nitliur small. Tail, graduated, the outer feathers being less than one third as long as 

 the two middle, the dirtorcnco being about I'liO. Bill, short, with the nail of the upper mandible strongly 

 curved. 



Color. Adult. Sonty brown throughout, darkest above, with the greater wing coverts jialer, and the 

 lesser wing coverts ami (juills, nearly black. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Known by the uniform dark colors and graduated tail. Distributed throughout the eastern portion 

 of the Middle Atlantic, mainly in the vicinity of the Canaries and Maderia, were it breeds, but is accidental 

 •on the Bermadas and near the coast of Greenland. 



DLMENSIONS. 



Length, O-m to 10-(10; stretch, SOm to 31 -OO; wing, 7-7(.) to 8-00; tail, 4:-r,0 to i-jr, ■ bill, -S.'. to POO; 

 tarsus, •!.)() to 1-(X). 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGGS. 

 Nests, placed in burrows, very little material being used. Eggs, one in numljer, oblong oval in form, 

 white in color. Dimensions, from P17.x P59 to l'20x PZG. 



HABITS. 

 Bulwer's Petrel, although a well known species in the oceanic avi-fauna of the East- 

 ern Middle Atlantic, is a mere wanderer to any portion of our coast, amJ aside from the 

 Bermudian record, its claim to a place in our fiiuna rests upon its occurrence in Green- 

 land, as noted by Newton, see Man. Nat. Hist. Greenl.; 1875, 108. 



PELAGODROMA MARINA. 

 White-faced Petrel. 



Pelaoodroma MARINA L.\Tii., Ind. Ornith., II; 17!)(). 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Ch. Size, small,.- Form, slender. Tarsus and toes, long, with the tibia denuded for an inch or 

 more. Bill, nearly as long as the head and slender. Tail, very long and nearly square, or slightly forked. 



Color. Upper portions, including crown and broad stripe behind eye, plumbeous slate, ashy on upper 

 tail coverts, and blackish on wings and tail. Forehead, superciliary stripe, and under parts, pure white. 



OBSERVATIONS. 

 Known by the long legs and toes, long slender bill, wliite under parts and forehead. Occur.s in the 

 i>Outhern Ocean. Accidental oft' the coast of Massachusetts. 



