(ESTRELATA. 291 



(Estrelata hasitata. CAPPED PETREL. 



Procellaria hasitata Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. i. 1820, p. 142 : 

 no locality ( = West Indies). 



(Estrelata hsesitata (KuhT) ; B. 0. V. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 200; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 402 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 745. 



Hasitata, probably a misprint for Tisesltcita, from Ji8esitare=fo be uncertain, 

 hesitating, as if it were a doubtful species. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. One 

 was captured alive at Southacre, near Swatt'ham, Norfolk, 

 in March or April 1850. 



General Distribution. The Capped Petrel formerly in- 

 habited the middle Atlantic, breeding on the Lesser Antilles 

 and wandering to Hayti, the eastern United States from 

 Florida to New Hampshire and inland to Ontario. The 

 history o a specimen in the Museum at Boulogne, said to 

 have been killed near that town, seems doubtful. The species 

 is believed to be extinct. 



(Estrelata brevipes. COLLAEED PETREL. 



Procellaria brevipes Peak, U.S. Explor. Exped. 1st ed. 

 viii. 1848, p. 294, pi. 80 : Pacific Ocean [b'8 S. lat., 

 95 W. long.]. 



(Estrelata brevipes (Peale] Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1890, 

 p. 408 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 747. 



Brevipes, from brevis= short, and pes=a foot. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. An 

 adult was shot between Borth and Aberystwyth, Wales, in 

 Nov. or Dec. 1889. 



General Distribution. The CoHared Petrel inhabits the 

 western and southern Pacific, breeding in the New 

 Hebrides and Fiji Islands. It has been obtained as far north 

 as Hondo, Japan, and apparently off the coast of Kam- 

 chatka. 



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