TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS. 57 



patch in the wing. The outstretched feet 

 reach at least as far as the tip of the tail, 

 (fig. 38), and the webs of the toes are nearly 

 yellow. The bill is smaller, fig. 39. Spot 

 on rump white. Occurs on the north and 



Fig. 38 



Wilson Petrel. 1-3. 



south Atlantic and Southern Oceans. Breeds 

 on Kergulen Island in Feb. Abundant off 

 the eastern coast of the United States from 

 June until Sept. 



