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  Aestrelata 
  hasitata 
  (Kuhl) 
  

  

  Black-capped 
  Petrel 
  

  

  Procellaria 
  hasitata 
  Kuhl. 
  Mon. 
  Proc. 
  Beitr. 
  Zool. 
  1820. 
  i 
  Abt., 
  p. 
  14c 
  

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  s 
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  e 
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  t 
  a 
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  a 
  s 
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  t 
  a 
  t 
  a 
  Kuhl. 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  (98) 
  

   aestre'lata 
  (more 
  correcth" 
  oestrelata), 
  Gr. 
  oia-Tp-qX.aTO'i, 
  driven 
  by 
  a 
  gad-fly, 
  

   frantic; 
  hasita'ta 
  (more 
  correcth' 
  haesitata), 
  Lat., 
  stuck, 
  the 
  

   discoverer 
  was 
  in 
  doubt 
  about 
  it 
  (Coues) 
  

  

  Description. 
  Cap, 
  bar 
  on 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  mantle, 
  wings 
  and 
  end 
  of 
  

   tail, 
  fuscous; 
  rest 
  of 
  head, 
  neck, 
  base 
  of 
  tail 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  white; 
  bill 
  and 
  

   feet 
  black; 
  legs 
  flesh-colored. 
  

  

  Length 
  16 
  inches; 
  extent 
  39.5; 
  wing 
  11. 
  5-1 
  2; 
  tail 
  5.25, 
  gradation 
  1.5; 
  

   bill 
  1.4; 
  depth 
  of 
  bill 
  .66; 
  tarsus 
  1.4; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.12. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  straggler 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  seas, 
  sometimes 
  being 
  

   driven 
  inland 
  by 
  storms. 
  A 
  specimen 
  from 
  Quogue, 
  Long 
  Island, 
  July 
  1850, 
  

   is 
  recorded 
  by 
  G. 
  N. 
  Lawrence 
  in 
  the 
  Annals 
  of 
  Lyceum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   of 
  New 
  York, 
  volume 
  5, 
  page 
  220. 
  A 
  specimen 
  was 
  secured 
  on 
  Verona 
  

   beach, 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  August 
  28, 
  1893, 
  by 
  Rev. 
  G. 
  A. 
  Biedemian 
  and 
  reported 
  

   hx 
  Bagg 
  [Auk, 
  11 
  •.162]. 
  Mr 
  L. 
  S. 
  Foster 
  reports 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  his 
  collection 
  

   "taken 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  county, 
  September 
  1893." 
  Another 
  specimen 
  was 
  

   captured 
  alive 
  in 
  a 
  snow 
  bank 
  at 
  New 
  Paltz, 
  Ulster 
  co., 
  January 
  26, 
  1895, 
  

   recorded 
  by 
  Foster 
  [Auk, 
  12:179]. 
  

  

  Aestrelata 
  scalaris 
  Brewster 
  

   Scaled 
  Petrel 
  

  

  Aestrelata 
  scalaris 
  Brewster. 
  Auk, 
  Julv 
  1886. 
  p. 
  300 
  

  

  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  (99) 
  

  

  scald'ris, 
  Lat., 
  pertaining 
  to 
  a 
  ladder, 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  

  

  Description. 
  Cinereous 
  above 
  and 
  running 
  down 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  neck, 
  

   sides 
  and 
  abdomen; 
  under 
  parts 
  white; 
  immaculate 
  on 
  the 
  chin, 
  throat, 
  

   center 
  breast 
  and 
  the 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  ; 
  feathers 
  of 
  back 
  and 
  wing 
  coverts 
  

   tipped 
  with 
  white, 
  giving 
  it 
  a 
  peculiar 
  scaled 
  appearance. 
  

  

  Wing 
  9.88 
  inches; 
  tail 
  3.95, 
  graduated 
  .9; 
  bill 
  1.03; 
  hight 
  of 
  bill 
  .46: 
  

   tarsus 
  1.37 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  1.7. 
  

  

  