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791. (Estrelata macroptera. Long-winged Petrel. 



Procellaria fuliginosa, (nee Gmcl.) Ruhl, Beitr. p. 142 (1820). 

 Procellaria macroptera, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Aves, pi. 52 (1840) ; 



Layard, B. S. Afn. p. 360 (1867J ; id. Ib is, 1867, p. 460; Butler, 



Feilden and Reid, Zool, 1882, p. 428. 

 Procellaria atlantica, Gould, Ann. Mag. N. H. xiii, p. 362 (1844) ; Grill, 



K. Vet. Altad. Hanal ii, no. 10, p. 59 (1858). 

 ^Estrelata macroptera, Sliarpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 766 (1884) ; 



Swinburne, P. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. ix, p. 198 (1886); Sahnn, Cat. 



B. M. xxv, p. 399 (1896) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 167 (1896) ; Iteiclicjiow 



Vog. Afr. i, p. 26 (1900) ; Shortringe, Ibis, 1904, p. 204. 

 " Cape Parson " of Sailors in allusion to its dusky plumage. 



Description. Adult. General colour above and below sooty 

 black, darkest on the back and wings ; a little paler on the crown 

 and below ; most of the feathers both above and below with paler 

 and in some cases white concealed bases. 



Iris grey -black ; bill and legs black. 



Length (in flesh) 16-25 ; wing 12-0 ; tail 4'5 ; culmen 1-6 ; tarsus 

 1-7 ; middle toe 2-0. 



Distribution. This Petrel is found throughout the Southern 

 Ocean between about the 30th and 50th parallels. It is met with 

 on the coasts of Southern Africa and of New Zealand, but I have 

 not been able to find a reference to its occurrence on the South 

 American Coast or in the Southern Pacific. 



The Long- winged Petrel is not uncommon in the seas around 

 Cape Colony. Victorin met with it in 33 S. lat. 17 E. long, not 

 far from Table Bay, and Swinburne states that he saw a pair off' 

 Duiker Point about twelve miles south of Cape Town. Mr. Brown 

 tells me he has met with only one example ; this was a wounded 

 bird and was found in a garden in Port Elizabeth. Further east at 

 Port St. John's, Mr. Shortridge states they are sometimes blown 

 ashore after a heavy gale and two specimens obtained in June in 

 this manner are now preserved in the South African Museum in 

 addition to a third shot forty miles west of Cape Point in August 

 by Capt. Turbyne, of the Government Steam Trawler, " Pieter 

 Faure." Capt. Keid observed this Petrel in the Durban roadstead 

 in December. 



Habits. Little has been noticed of special interest about the 

 habits of the Long-winged Petrel. Capt. Hutton likened it when 

 on the wing to a huge Swift, while Smith remarked that it was 

 a rare bird in the Cape seas and generally flew low near the surface 



