key to the water birds of florida. 

 Genus OCEANITES Keys, and Bi.as. 



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OCEANITES OCEANICUS {Kiihl). 

 Wilson's Petrel. Mother Gary's Chicken. 



Adult : General plumage dark brown ; wing- coverts edged with pale brown : part of upper 

 tail coverts white ; tail black ; bill black : legs and feet black : yellow spots on the webs between 

 the toes-. 



Length, 7 : Wing. 5.60: Tail, 2.45 : Tarsus, 1.25 : Bill, .60. 



Common off the Atlantic coast in summer. It ranges throughout the 

 "North and South AtLantic and Southern Oceans." (a.o.u.) 



Genus CYMODROMA Ridcavay 



CYMODROMA GRALLARIA {VieilL). 

 White=bellied Petrel. 



Upper parts dusky, under parts white. 



•' Throat usually with only concealed white and without white on the hind neck."" 



Length, 8; Wing, 6.25 : Tail, 3.10: Tarsus, 1.50. 



" Intertropical seas, north casuall}' to coast of Florida." 



{Ridozvay, Man. X. A. Birds, p. 72.) 



