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PUOCELLARIID.E — THE PETIJELS - rilOCELLARIA. 



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Gexus PROCELLARTA, Lixx.i^us. 



Prncdlaria, Lis\. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 131 ; iil. Vl, I. 1786, 212 ; (type, /'. pdagica, Linn.). 

 Ifildmhuhn, HdlK, Isis, 1822, 502 (part; siuno tyjif). 

 Thalasaidromu, Viii. Zool. Joiiin. II. 1825, 105 (saiiio type). 



Char. Size very .small ; tail about lialf the wing, even, or very slif,'htly rounded ; tarsus a 

 little longer than the niiddlu toe and claw (about twice as long as the culnieu) ; plumage dusky, 

 with a white rump-patch. 



Although composed of several distinct species, the genus Procellaria has but one representative 

 in North America. 



rnia) ; Key, 

 m. B. 1881, 



Procellaria pelagica.' 



THE STOBHT FETBEL; HOTHEB CABET'S CHICKEN. 



ProceUaria pclagicn, Linn. S. N. cd. 10, L 1758, 131 ; cd. 12, 1. 17tifi, 212. — Bonap. C'onsp. L 



1856, 196. — Coi'Ks, Tr. Ac. N.it. .Sci. Pliilad. 1864, 80 ; Key, 1872, 328 ; Chock List, 1873, no. 



587 ; cd. 2, 1882, no. 822. — Rid(;w. Noni. N. Am. 15. 1881, no. 721. 

 Thahtssidrimm pclncikn, Vio. Zool. ,Iourn. IL 1825, 405. — NuTT. Jinn. II. 1834, 327. — Aro. Oiii. 



Biog. IV. 1838, 310; B. Am. VII. 1844, 228, pi. 461. — Lawu. in Baird s B. N. Am. 1858, 



831. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. 15. 185ii, no. 645. 



Hab. North AtLuitic Ocean, south to the Newfoundland Banks. 



* The following names are snid to belong here or to very closely allied species or races : — 



Procellaria Ingubris, Natteuku, Act. Ital. Med. 1844, — . — Coui:s, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 



1864, 80. 

 Procellaria iiulitcnsin, Schk.muki, Cat. Oiii. del Grupp. di Malta, 1843, 118. — Coi'Es, Pr. Ac. 



Nat. Sci. Philad. 1864, 81. 



