Aves. 139 



Order PROCELLARIIFORMES 

 OCEANITIS, Keys. u. Bias. 



OCEANITES OCEA.NICUS. 



Procellaria oceanica, KiiliL, Beitr., j). 136 (1820), ex Banks's Icon., no. 12. 



Oeeanites oceanieus, Sharpe, Phil. Trans., CLXVIII. (extra vol.), p. 132 (1879, 

 Louis Philippe Island, Royal Sound, Kerguelen Island) ; Kacovitza, Vie des 

 Aniuiaux, p. 42 (1900) ; Borohgrevink, First on Antarctic Continent, p. 54 

 (1901, lat. 61° 56' S., long. 153° 53' E.), p. 64 (in the pack-ice, Jan. 3, 1899), 

 p. 218 (Victoria Land, breeding, Nov.), p. 231 (eggs obtained, Robertson Bay, 

 Dec. 10) ; Bernacclii, South Polar Regions, p. 204 (1901, South Victoria Land), 

 p. 315 (Cape Adare) ; Howard Saunders, Antarctic Manual, p. 235 (1901) ; 

 Hanson, antea, pp. 85-88. 



No. 64, L. ? ad. Killed on the pack-ice, 63° 41' S.L., 160° 16' 

 E.L., Jan. 2nd, 1899. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet black ; webs yellow \yide 

 swpra, p. 85]. 



No. Q^, L. $ ad. Killed on the pack-ice, 63° 43' S.L., 161° 6' 

 E.L., Jan. 8th, 1899. 



Soft parts as above [vide supra, p. 86]. 



Nos. 78, 79, L. ? ad. Killed on the pack-ice, 65° 3' S.L., 161° 



Soft parts as above [vide supra, p. 87]. 



No. 81, L. ? . Killed on the pack-ice, 66° 4^' S.L., 166° 51' E.L., 

 Jan. 19th, 1899 [vide supra, p. 88]. 



a. b. c. d. e. $ ad. Cape Adare. Dec. 13th, 1889. {H. B. Evans.) 



/. ? ad. 



As Mr. Howard Saunders points out, the breeding-place of 

 Wilson's Petrel is undoubtedly in the southern area of the globe, 

 and the occurrences of the species in higher latitudes take place after 

 the nesting -season when the bird migrates in the direction of the 

 equator, and occurs sometimes off the coasts of Great Britain and 

 North America. I copy the following from Mr. Saunders' article in 

 the ' Antarctic Manual ' : — " This bird is not much larger than our 

 familiar ' Mother Carey's Chicken,' from which, as from any other 

 of the small blackish Petrels, it can be distinguished by its unusually 

 long legs, and the bright yellow colour of the webs between the toes. 

 It was observed by Dr. McCormick hovering, like a Swallow or 

 Martin, over the mast-heads of the 'Erebus' when in the pack ; and, 

 on the third attempt to go southwards, examples (now in the British 

 Museum) were obtained off Louis Philippe Land in January, 1843. 



