BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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Capped petrel. 



THE Capped Petrel (CEstrelata hczsitata, Kuhl) is a very 

 rare irregular migrant to the British Islands, and is supposed 

 to inhabit the South Atlantic. The adult has the crown of 

 the head and nape, black; upper parts, deep brown; fore- 

 head, cheeks, neck, rump, and upper tail-coverts, white ; 

 central rectrices, mostly blackish, with the basal part more 

 or less white and edged broadly with brown; under plumage, 

 white; bill, black; legs and feet, dull yellowish. Length, 

 about sixteen inches. 



