SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS. 



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Its flight, low over the water, is strong and swift, five or six rapid 

 wing-beats being followed by a short sail. 



94. Pofflnus atricklandl liiJ^w. Sooty Sheakwater ; Black 

 IIaudon. Ad. — Upper parts, win«,'8, and tail dark. Booty, browniHli black ; 

 under parta somewhat grayer ; bill blackish. L., 1700; VV., 12-00; Tar., 2'10; 

 B., l-t]5. 



Range. — As far as known. North Atlantic ; south on the American coast 

 to South Carolina. 



Long Island, uncommon in summer. 



^e»t and nj'jn unknown. 



" Its flight and habits seem to be identical with those of major, bnt 

 its uniform dark coloring gives it a very different appearance. At a 

 distance it looks as black as a Crow " (Brewster). 



The Black-cappeo Petrel {98. ^fJi^trdata hasitata) is a southern species, 

 which has been found on Long Islaml, in Florida, West Virginia, and Ver- 

 mont. It bears u general resemblance to Ptijffinug major, liut is much smaller 

 and has the upper and under tail-coverts white. 



The ScALEO I'etkkl {9'J. ^Entrelata scalaris) is known from one individual 

 which had wandered to western New York, Its true home lias not been dis- 

 covered, but is doubtless in the Antarctic Ocean. 



Bllwer's Petrel {lOl. /iuliceria bulweri) inhabits the eastern Atlantic 

 Ocean, including the coasts of Europe and Africa, and is of accidental occur- 

 rence in Greenland. 



104. Procellaria pelagica Linn. STftRMV Petrel. .1</.— Upper 

 parts, wings, and tail so(.ity l>hick ; under parts slightly lirowiicr ; upper tail- 

 coverts white, tiie longer ones broadly //yy*t(/ with filtwk ; under tail-coverts 

 mi.\ed with whitish; bill and feet black. L., 5-50; W.,4-80; T., i-'-oO; B., -45. 



Jiange. — " Atlantic Ocean, south on the American side to the Newfound- 

 land Punks, west coast of Africa and coast of Kurope "' ( A. O. V .). 



Kest, of a few bits of sticks and grasses in a i)Urrow in the ground or V)e- 

 neath a rock. K<j<j, one, dull white, sometimes with a wreath of minute or 

 obscure markings at the larger end, 1"10 x -80. 



This is the common Stormy Petrel of the cast side of the Atlantic. 

 It nests in numbers on the small islands along the coast of Great 

 Britain, but is only a transient visitant in our waters. It resembles 

 the two following species in habits. 



103. Oceanodroma leucorhoa ( Viei/L). LEAm's Petrel. Ad. 

 — Upper parts, wings, and tail sooty brown; under jiarts slightly browner; 

 wing-coverts grayish brown; lonirer upper tail-covcrts white, shorter ones 

 mixed with sooty brownish ; tail forked., outer feathers more than 'i'lO longer 

 than middle pair; bill and feet black. L., .s-OO; W., *;-20; T., Z-:)0\ B., •62. 



yi'a«f/c.—" North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans; south on the coast 

 of the United States to Virginia and California; breeds from Maine and the 

 Hebrides northward on the coasts of the Atlantic" (A. O. U.). 



