138 THE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 
bird. I have no doubt, however, of its 
identity. 
STORM PETREL, Pvrocellaria pelagica. 
One of these homeless little wan- 
derers was picked up dead on the 
Wye, at Clyro, near Hay, some years 
since; and another was found dead 
on the “Captain’s Walks,” one of the 
most favourite promenades of our town. 
This bird of the Ocean is supposed to be 
called ‘**The Petrel” after St. Peter, from 
its habit of flitting just over the surface 
of the sea, appearing to be almost walk- 
ing on the waves. It has always been 
considered a bird of ill omen by sailors, 
as its appearance invariably presages a 
storm. It is called by them ‘“ Mother 
Carey’s Chicken.” Some give the Welsh 
as Cas gan longur. 
THE FORK TAILED’) PHTREL, 
Procellaria leachitz. 
A specimen of this bird, sometimes 
called Leach’s Petrel, was shot on the 
banks of the River Wye, Breconshire, by 
Col. Wood’s keeper, near Gwernyfed, on 
~—Eieeiaeli 
