THE AUK: 



A (QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



VOL. XII. October, 1895. no. 



ON FISHER'S PETREL {^STRELATA FISHERI). 



BY ROBERT RIDOWAY. 

 Plate IV. 



Notwithstanding more attention has been paid during recent 

 years to the collecting of specimens of the Procellariidae, no addi- 

 tional information has yet been acquired concerning ^strclata 

 Jis/ieri, described more than twelve years ago from a single 

 specimen obtained in the harbor of Kadiak Island on June 11, 

 1882, by Mr. Wm. J. Fisher, at that time U. S. -Tidal Observer 

 at that station. 



With the view to bringing this rare and little known bird 

 prominently to the attention of ornithological collectors, as well 

 as to make its identification more easy, this article and the 

 accompanying colored plate are herewith presented. 



iEstrelata fisheri Ridgivay. Fisher's Petrel. 



Specific characters.— \\-\x\^v webs of primaries abruptly white for at 

 least the inner half; top of head white, spotted with dusky gray; back 

 uniform bluish gray; inner web of two outer rectrices vermiculated with 

 white and ash gray'; under parts largely smoky brown. Wing about lo 

 inches. 



