AVES. 25 



TUBINARES. 



PROCELLARIIDAE. 



Thalassidroma leachii Temm. Audubon, Birds o'f Amer., 

 1844, vol. 7, p. 219, pi. 459. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 24, fig. 1. 

 Pelagic; nests in colonies on islands, in burrows. 



ME. Abundant summer resident on outer islands from Casco 

 Bay north. May-Oct. 21. Eggs, June 10- Aug. 19. 



N. H. Common migrant offshore; occasional inland in fall. 

 Spring-Nov. 



VT. Accidental visitor: Lake Champlain. 



MASS. Common migrant offshore; casual inland in fall. 

 June 21; Sept. 1-Nov. 25. 



R. I. Uncommon migrant offshore. June 9; Aug. 29-Oct. 14. 



CONN. Uncommon migrant offshore, casual inland. Oct. 27. 



49. OCEANITES OCEANICUS (Kuhl) Lichtenstein. 



Wilson's petrel; Mother Carey's chicken. 



Procellaria oceanica Kuhl, Beitr. z. zooL, 1820, pt. 2, p. 136, pJ. 

 10, fig. 1. No locality given. 



Thalassidroma wilsonii Bonap. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1844, vol. 7, p. 223, pi. 460. 



Pelagic; nests within Antarctic circle, in burrows. 



ME. Common summer visitor offshore; casual inland (near 

 Augusta). June-Sept. 17. 



N. H. Common summer visitor offshore. 



VT. Accidental visitor: St. Albans (may have been 0. leu- 

 corhoa) . 



MASS. Common summer visitor offshore. June 17-Sept. 23. 



R. I. Common summer visitor offshore. July-Aug. 



CONN. Uncommon summer visitor offshore. 



