PKOCELLAKllD.'E — THE TETKELS — PROCELLARIA. 



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Genus PROCELLARIA, Linx/eus. 



Proccllaria, LiXN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 131 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 212 ; 'type, P. pdarjica, Linn.), 

 HijdrobiUcft, IJoiE, Isis, 1822, 562 (part; same type). 

 Thalassidroma, Vig. Zool. Joiun. II. 1825, 105 (same type). 



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

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

 with a white rump-patch. 



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

 in North Anierica. 



P. pelagica. 



Procellaria pelagica.^ 



THE STORMY PETREL; MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN. 



Procellaria pelagica, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, L 1758, 131 ; ed. 12, L 1766, 212. — Bonap. Consp. L 



1856, 196. — CouES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliilad. 1864, 80 ; Key, 1872, 328 ; Check List, 1873, no. 



587 ; ed. 2, 1882, no. 822. — Ridgw. Noni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 721. 

 Tluilassiclroma pelagica, Vig. Zool. Journ. IL 1825, 405. — Nutt. Man. IL 1834, 327. — Aud. Orn. 



Biog. IV. 1838, 310 ; B. Am. VIL 1844, 228, pi. 461. — Lawr. in Baiids B. N. Am. 1858, 



831. — Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 645. 



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



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1 The following names are said to belong here or to very closely allied species or races : — 



Proccllaria hujuhris, Natteiieu, Act. Ital. Med. 1844, — . — CouES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad, 



1864, 80. 

 Proccllaria melitensis, Scuemdui, Cat. Orn. del Grupp. di Malta, 1843, 118. — CoUES, Pr. Ac. 



Nat. Sci. Philad. 1S64, 81. 



