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THE BIRDS OF MAINE 



lower parts white ; chin and throat sooty plumbeous ; back, rump and upper 

 tail coverts marked with triangular spots of sooty plumbeous; bill black. 

 Wing 10.00 to 11.00; culmen 1.20. 



Geog. Dist. — Oceans of southern hemisphere, especially about Cape Horn 

 and north to 25° latitude ; accidental on coast of California, England and in 

 Maine ; breeding range unknown. 



County Records — Franklin ; a specimen was shot at Lake Mooseluckme- 

 guntic in September 1872, by Mr. C. F. Nason, and is now in the collection of 

 the Worcester Natural History Society, Worcester, Mass., being the same 

 bird recorded from Harpswell (erroneously it seems) in Steam's New 

 England Bird Life, p. 387. For full discussion of this by Mr. H. A. Purdie 

 see List of Birds of Maine, p. 23 et seq. 



Little is known regarding the nesting and habits of this 

 species. 



Subfamily PROCELLARIN^. Petrels. 



Genus OCEANODROMA Reichenbach. 



106. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.). Leach's Petrel; 

 Carey Chicken. 



Plumage : tail forked ; white patch on upper tail coverts ; whole color 

 uniform sooty, darker above and slightly browner below ; feet entirely black ; 

 wing 6.00 to 6.20 ; culmen 0.60 ; tarsus 0.90 ; tail 3.75 forked for a distance 

 of at least 0.80 or more. 



Geog. Dist. — North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, south on the 

 American coast to Virginia and California ; breeds from Maine, the Hebrides, 

 Aleutian and Copper Islands northward. 



County Records — Androscoggin ; one taken at Lake Auburn and in the 

 collection of Prof. J. Y. Stanton, (Stanton in letter) ; one from Sebattus 

 pond, fall of 1900, (Lord). Cumberland; recorded by Brown (B. N. O. C. 2, 

 p. 28) as breeding on Green Islands, Casco Bay, but recent visitors say that 

 the birds have now deserted the island. Hancock ; nests on many of the 

 very outer grassy islands in colonies, (Knight). Kennebec; one shot on the 

 Kennebec River at Hallowell, Oct. 9, 1897, by Edward Stickney, (Me. Sp. Sept. 

 1898, p. 14). Knox; breeds on a few of the outer islands, (Knight). Lin- 

 coln; a few breed, (Norton). Oxford; one shot on Lake Pennesseewassee, 

 Oct. 21, 1896, by Will Gary, (Oxford Co. Advertiser Oct. 22.) Penobscot; 

 accidental, four specimens have been taken to my knowledge after storms, 

 (Knight). Sagadahoc; common July and August, (Spinney). Waldo; 

 occasional summer visitor to coast, (Knight). Washington ; common, breeds 

 on the islands, (Boardman). 



