PRUCELLAKIID.E — Till-: I'ETUELS — CYMODIIOMA. 



419 



light- 

 ts note, 

 iier, aiul 



i in the 



r>()ston, 

 the liist 



ho small 

 'inpyavd, 



craft by 

 jviiU'utly 



in si^ht, 

 Dus, until 

 ,'])avat()vy 

 action of 

 ,^atcv, and 

 ialknl the 

 of a bird. 



noted its 

 i common 

 sea east of 

 n the oily 

 lented the 

 pursnit oi 

 mte gnats. 

 Mr. Eaton, 

 iiiles from 

 ide under 

 d Deceni- 

 ind under 



Cymodroma grallaria. 



THE WHITE-BELLIED PETREL, 



Prncr.llaria grallarin, ViEit.i,. Noiiv. Diet. X.XVI. 1817, 41 H. 



Frojclla ijmllavid, BoSAr. Coiisii. II. ISf.O, ll»7. — t'()i-i:s, I'r. \v.. Xiit. Sci. Philiul. 1864, 8t) ; Key, 



1872, 330; Check l,Ut, 1873, no. 594; cd. 2, 1882, no. 829. — Itimiw. N„ni. N. Am. I!. 1881, 



no. 728. 

 I'l-Millaria frrgittUi, "Hanks," Kcm,, .Mon. Proc. 182(1, 138, \t\. 10, tig. 3 (not r. f regain, Lisn. 



1766.) 

 Tliiiliisaidromii frcijctOi, Lawii. Ann. Lye N. Y. 1851, 117. 

 Frcgrtta Laurcyicii, HoXAl'. Consp. 11. 1856, 198. 



Fn-'jHIa Ldwrcncii, l.AWii. in liiiiids 15. X. Am. 1858, 832. — Hamm), Cat. .V. Am. B. 18.')9, no. 646. 

 Thaltissidroma fiiimgastm, iii>vu>, Ani\. Mag. N. H. XIII. 367; IJ. Austr. VII. 1848, pi. 63. 



Hah. Tropical oceiuia in fjeneriil. Accitk'ntal on Fleriilii const ( 



Si*. Chah. Adult ; Griiyisli iliisky, lij^litcr on the lari,'er \viii;,'-ci)vert.s ; renii^'es and rectrices 

 (Inll liliick, the latter white at the f.xtreniL' biisu, except tlie middle pair; lower parts from the 

 liivast back, a lar},'C portion of the under surface of the winf,', with ui)per tail-coverts, white. Bill, 

 U'^,'s, and feet black. 



Vt < ig, 6.(Hl-(5.50 inches ; tail, 3.00-3.30; culnien, .50 ; tarsus, 1.40; middle toe without claw, .80. 



So far as we are aware, the Black-aml-Wliite Stormy Petrel is only known to 

 have been taken in a single instance within our waters, and its claim to a place 

 in the fauna of Xortli America rests entirely on the capture of these specimens on 

 tlie (Julf coast of Florida. Seven examples of this bird arc said to have been cap- 

 tured witli a hook and line by the captain of a vessel while at anchor in the 

 iiarhor of St. Mark's, Fla. One of tliese was secured by Mr. Jcdni ITooiM'r, of lirook- 

 i\ n, X. Y. Tliey were observed abcnit tlie vessel two days ; after which none were 

 met with. In regard to their distribution in other parts of the world, and habits 

 generally, I have no information. 





iss. 1760). 



which i^ 

 ai-sus nearly 

 g as the cul- 

 id truncatcil 



and this on 



