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was captured under Market street bridge, Philadelphia, *'a few years 

 ago," and Krider {Field Notes) refers to the same specimen, stating 

 that he shot it from a large flock which had probably been driven in 

 by a heavy storm. We have no other records. 



S6, Oc€anodro7naleucorhoa{yi^n,i.,). Leach's Petrel. 



Distribution — Seas of the Northern Hemisphere. 

 Irregular straggler to the coast and up the rivers generally during 

 severe storms. 



The following specimens have been secured: 



West Chester, Pa., Sept., 1879, Dr. George Martin ( Warren's Report). 

 Tinicum, Del. Co., Pa., Dec. 18, 1890, W. V. Wilbank. 

 Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 24, 1893, I. N. DeHaven. 



37. Oceanites oceaiiicus (Kuiil). Wilson's Petrel. 



Distribution — Cosmopolitan, on the high seas. 



Occasional on the New Jersey coast, generally after storms. 



This seems to be the most common Petrel on the ocean off the 

 coast of New Jersey. Several were secured at sea off Barnegat 

 Light, August 10, 1879, by Mr. W. E. D. Scott {B. K 0. C, 1879), 

 and one was found dead at Pt. Pleasant by Mr. A. P. Brown, Aug., 

 1891. Mr. Laurent also records this species as common on the 

 fishing banks otf Five-mile Beach (0. Sr 0., 1892). 



Family Sulidae — The Gannets. 



Only one species occurs in our district. 

 38, Sttla hnssana (Linn.). Gannet. 



Breeding Range — Coasts of North Atlantic. 



Winter Distribution — Virginia to Gulf of Mexico (?). 



Transient visitant along the coast, but apparently rare, as we can 

 find very few records of its capture. One was secured by fishermen 

 on the Delaware river at Salem, N. J., May 25, 1890 (Stone'), and 

 another was taken at Atlantic City the same year. Another speci- 

 men was shot April 2G, 18 — , by Capt. Jolin Taylor, on the fishing 

 banks ofi" Five-mile Beacli {Laurent, 4" 0., 1892). 



