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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Stormy petrel 



THE Stormy Petrel (Procellaria pelagica, Linnaeus) is a 

 resident in the British Seas. It inhabits the Atlantic 

 coasts of Europe, and also the Mediterranean. The adult 

 male has the whole of the plumage black, with the ex- 

 ception of a slight edging of whitish on wing-coverts, upper 

 tail-coverts, and sides of rump, which are white ; irides, 

 brown ; bill, legs, and feet, black. Length, about five 

 inches. The female is like the male. The young show 

 less whitish on the wings, and not so much white on the 

 sides of the rump. 



