536 ST ORMYAND KURIL PETREL. 



,164.. Stormy. ^f- Zool. ii. N° 259.— Procellaria pelagica, Stormwaders Fogel, Faun. Suec. N" 143. 

 Le Petrel, ou I'Oifeau tempete, PI. En!, ^g^.— Latham, iii. — Lev. Mus. 



p. With a black bill, much hooked at the end : rump ar.d feathers 

 of the vent, and each fide of the tail, white ; all the reft black-, 

 fecondaries tipt with white : tail Ihort : wings very long. Length . 

 fix inches. Extent thirteen. 

 Place. This fpecies inhabits the north of Europe: is common about 



Kamtfchaika^ where it is larger than in other places j but does not 

 extend to the ArSiic circle, at left is unmentioned by the Faunifts of 

 that region. Is, with the preceding, found at all diftances from 

 land, in all parts of the Atlantic, from Great Britain to the coaft of 

 North America * : flocks attend the fhips the whole way, and ufually 

 keep in the wake, where they pick up every thing that drops. They 

 never are off wing; yet feem to fettle. They are filent during day; 

 clamorous in the dark. Are hated by the failors, who call them 

 Witches, imagining they forebode a ftorm. The Norwegians ftile 

 them Sondenvinds Fugl ; the Swedes^ Stormwaders Fogel; and the inhabi- 

 .tants of Feroef Strunkvit, 



A. Kuril. Black Petrel, £i^. 89. — Latham, m. 



"P With a ftrong yellow bill : whole plumage of an unvaried rufty 

 black- legs the fame, dafhed with red. Size of a Raven. 

 Placs. ■ ^cnt to Doftor P<?//«j from the if«n7 ifles. 



* Kalm, i. 22, 23. 



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