ii 4 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



STOKM PETEEL. Procellaria pelagica, L. 



Yarrett, iv. p. 42 ; Hart Ing, p. 80 ; Seebohm, iii. p. 438 ; Ibis 

 List, p. 196 ; Pulteney's List, p. 19 ; Thalassidroma pelagica, 

 Dresser, viii. p. 491. 



An oceanic species, occasionally driven inland by 

 rough weather. Mr. Pike states that in August and 

 September, after a strong breeze, he has often seen 

 a dozen or twenty together to the westward of 

 Portland. Several have been picked up dead in 

 various parts of the county, sometimes at a great 

 distance from the sea. One was shot in March 1873 

 at Melbury, upwards of eighteen miles inland. Many 

 were washed ashore on the Chesil Bank, November 

 26, 1872, when the Adelaide went ashore. One of 

 these was knocked down by a boy with his cap. 



FOKK-TAILED PETREL. Cymochorea leucorrhoa, (VieiUot). 



Yarrell, iv. p. 37; Procellaria leachii, Harting, p. 80; Seebohm, 

 iii. p. 443 ; Thalassidroma leucorrhoa, Dresser, viii. p. 497 ; 

 Procellaria leucorrhoa, Ibis List, p. 196. 



Like the last-named, an oceanic species, occasion- 

 ally met with inland, or picked up dead at a distance 

 from the sea after stormy weather. The late Mr. 

 W. Thompson had three brought to him in December 

 1856, which had been picked up near Weymouth. 

 Another was found on the Chesil Bank, November 

 21, 1871 ; and a third on Preston Beach, November 

 25, 1872, after a gale from the south-west. During 

 the same gale one was found dead on Whatcombe 



