SCHLEGEL'S PETREL IN CHESHIRE. 



1, 



light presenting a marked grey reflection ; traces of 

 narrow, interrupted, obscure dark bands on the breast, 

 which are evident only ivhen closely exami7ied in a good 

 light. Under tail-coverts dark-brown ; bases white. 

 Under wing-coverts and axillaries brown with paler 

 margins ; primaries blackish-brown, bases of inner webs 

 and shafts white. Concealed bases of all the feathers 

 white, a character most strongly marked on the neck and 



Male example of Schlegel's Petrel {(Estrelata neglecta) found dead at 

 Tarporley, Cheshire, April 1st, 1908. 

 (Photographed by Alfred Newstead.) 



breast, where the grey-brown tips barely cover the under- 

 lying portions, so that on the slightest displacement of 

 the feathers the white proximal portions show distinctly 

 through. 



Total length, 15 inches ; wing 11.1 ; tail, central and 

 lateral rec trices, 4 ; bill, 1.7 ; tarsus, 1.5 ; middle and 

 outer toe, 2.1 ; inner toe, 1.7. Weight, 16 oz. 



* Salvin, op. cit., p. 412. 



