2 [8 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



FAM. PROCELLARIID^. 



PETRELS. 



OCEANITES OCEANICA. {k'7ihl.) 

 Wilson's Petrel. 



Adult Male. — Entire plumage, dark brown ; wing-coverts 

 edged with whitish brown; upper tail-coverts, white; tail, black; 

 bill, black ; toes with yellow spots on the webs ; iris, brown. 



Length 7, wing 5.64, tail 2.45, tarsus 1.25, bill .60. 



The Wilson's Petrel becomes abundant a short distance off the 

 coast, but I have never observed it very near the land. While 

 cruising among the islands, numbers of these Petrels followed in 

 the w^ake of the vessel, only leaving us upon our near approach to 

 the shore. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VII. pi. 460. 



PUFFIN us MAJOR. Faber. 

 Greater Shearwater. 



Adult Male. — Dark brown, somewhat grayish on the head ; 

 upper tail-coverts mostly white; below, white; lining of wings, white; 

 tail, dark brown ; crissum, dark ; front of tarsi, dark, the rest pale. 



Length iS, wing 13, tail 5.75, tarsus 2, bill 2.40. 



