196 PROCELLARIID,E. 



Order TUBINAEES. 



Family PROCELLARIIDJE. 

 Genus PROCELLABIA, Unnceus, S. N. i. p. 212 (1766). 



Procellaria, from the adjective formed from procetta = a storm. 



Procellaria pelagica. STOKM-PETREL. 



Procellaria pelagica, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 212 

 (1766). 



Thalassidroma pelagica, Naum. x. p. 557; Macg. v. p. 460; 



Hewitson, p. 517; Gray, p. 224; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. 



p. 647; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 675; Gould, v. pi. 86; Dresser, 



viii. p. 491. 



Procellaria pelagica, Harting, p. 80. 

 The Storm Petrel, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 524. 



Pelagica TreXaytfcos, oceanic ; from rreXayos = the open sea. 



Frequents the open seas of the United Kingdom, and 

 breeds in suitable localities on the coast and islands. It 

 inhabits the North Atlantic Ocean. 



Procellaria leucorrhoa. LEACH'S PETEEL. 



Procellaria leucorhoa, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. xxv. 

 p. 422 (1817). 



Thalassidroma leachii, Naum. x. p. 575 ; Macg. v. p. 451 ; 



Hewitson, p. 520 ; Gray, p. 225 ; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. 



p. 643; id. ed. 3, iii. p. -671;' Gould, v. pi. 85. 

 Procellaria leachii, Harting., p. 80. 

 Thalassidroma leucorrhoa, Dresser, viii. p. 497. 

 The Forked-tailed Petrel, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 520. 



Leucorrhoa, from Xevicos = white, and oppos = the rump ; from its white 

 hinder parts. 



Breeds at St. Kilda, and 'occurs as a straggler during 

 stormy weather on the coasts of the United Kingdom. It 

 inhabits the North Atlantic Ocean. 



