PROCELLARIID.E — THE PETRELS - 1'ROCELLARIA. 



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Genus PROCELLARTA Linnjsus. 



Proccllaria, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 131 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 212 ; (type, P. pelagica, Link.). 

 Hydrobates, Boie, Isis, 1822, 562 (part; same type). 

 Tlw,lassidroma, Via. Zool. Journ. II. 1825, 105 (same type). 



Char. Size very small ; tail about half the wing, even, or very slightly rounded; tarsus a 

 little Lmger than the middle toe and claw (about twice as long as the culmen) ; plumage dusky, 

 with a white rump-patch. 



Although composed of several distinct species, the genus Proccllaria has but one representative 

 in North America. 





/'. pelagica. 



Procellaria pelagica. 1 



THE STORMY PETREL; MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN. 



Proccllaria pelagica, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 131 ; cd. 12, I. 176G, 212. — Bonaf. Consp. I. 



1856, 196. — COUES, Pr. Ac Nat. Sci. Philad. 1864, 80 ; Key, 1872, 328 ; Check List, 1S73, no. 



5S7 ; ed. 2, 1882, no. 822. — Ridow. Norn. X. Am. P.. 1881, no. 721. 

 TJialassidroma pelagica, Vig. Zool. Journ. II. 1825, 405. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 327. — Aud. Orn. 



Biog. IV. 1838, 310; B. Am. VII. 1S44, 228, pi. 461. — Lawk, in Bands 15. N. Am. 1S58, 



831. — Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B. 1S59, no. 645. 



Hab. North Atlantic Ocean, south to the Newfoundland Banks. 



1 The following names are said to belong here or to very closely allied species or races : — 



Procellaria lugubris, Nattekeu, Act. Ital. Med. 1844, — . — C'oues, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sei. Philad. 



1S64, SO. 

 Proccllaria melitensis, Schembki, Cat. Orn. del Grupp. di Malta, 1843, US. — Coves. Pr. Ac. 



Nat. Sci. Philad. 1864, 81. 



