AVES PROCELLARIID^E. I 1 5 



p. 82 ; Forbes, Voy. Chall. Zool. iv. pt. xi. p. 56 

 (1882). Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 358 

 (1896). Sharpe, Hand-List Bds. I. p. 122 (1899). O- oceanicus. 



Geographical Range. Entire Southern Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean, 

 north into northern portion of Temperate Zone. 



OCEANITES OCEANICA (Kuhl). 



Procellaria oceanica, Kuhl, Beitr. p. 136 (1820: ex Banks Icon. no. 12); 



Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, IV. Procell. p. 6 (1863: Chile) ; Scl. & Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 148 (1873). 

 Thalassidroma wilsoni, King, Zool. Journ. IV. p. 104 (1829: Straits of 



Magellan); Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 164 (Berkeley Sound, Falkland 



Islands, breeding) ; Cunningh. Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. p. 226 (1871); 



Vincig, Boll. Soc. Geogr. Ital. (2) IX. p. 799 (1884). 

 Thalassidroma oceanica, Gould, Voy. "Beagle," Birds, p. 141 (1841: 



Bahia Blanca) ; Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. part iii. p. 161 (1844); id. 



Gen. B. III. p. 648 (1844) Pelz. Reis. Novara, Vog. p. 144 (1865) ; 



Phil. & Landb. Cat. Av.C;hil. p. 46 (1868); Milne Edwards, Ann. 



Sci. Nat. (6) XIII. Art. IX. p. 18 (1882); Burm; An. Mus. Nac. 



Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 248 (1888: Northern Patagonia to 



Straits of Magellan). 

 Oceanites oceanica, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. n. (Lat. 9 17' S., Long. 



33 5' W.); id. Hand-List Bds. I. p. 122 (1899); Gates, Cat. Bds. 



Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 150 (1901). 

 Oceanites oceanicus, Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, pp. 165, 332 



(1891 : Falklands) ; Salvin, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 358 (1896) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) XX. p. 629 (1900: north of Rio Gal- 

 legos, April) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. Vog. p. 17 (1900: 



Patagonia); Sharpe, Rep. Coll. Nat. Hist. "Southern Cross," Aves, 



p. 146 (1902). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult. Total length, about 6.8 inches. 



Wing, 6.1 inches. 



