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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  prises 
  Nvhat 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  flats, 
  lyinj? 
  along 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  about 
  40 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario." 
  Other 
  specimens 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  New 
  

  

  Zealand, 
  one 
  of 
  whit'h 
  is 
  in 
  ihc 
  Slate 
  rolk^clioii. 
  

  

  Family 
  PROCEI^L 
  AKlIliiAE 
  

  

  Sloniiy 
  Petrels 
  

  

  Small 
  in 
  size; 
  first 
  primary 
  shoiirr 
  than 
  second; 
  both 
  mandibles 
  hooked; 
  

   nasal 
  lubes 
  prominent 
  with 
  thin 
  partition; 
  tail 
  of 
  12 
  feathers; 
  wings 
  of 
  

   motlerate 
  length; 
  hallux 
  minute; 
  no 
  basipterygoids; 
  coracoids 
  slender, 
  

   their 
  axes 
  only 
  slighth' 
  diverging; 
  a. 
  long 
  manubrium 
  of 
  the 
  furcula 
  ; 
  rear 
  

   border 
  of 
  sternum 
  c\'en. 
  

  

  There 
  arc 
  two 
  widl 
  marked 
  sub- 
  

   families 
  of 
  the 
  Stonuy 
  petrels, 
  which 
  

   some 
  would 
  give 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  families. 
  

   The 
  J'lW'clUiriiiuic 
  are 
  short-legged, 
  

   tibia 
  slightly 
  bare, 
  with 
  numerous 
  

   secondaries, 
  and 
  sharji, 
  eiu-ved,eom- 
  

   1 
  tressed 
  claws. 
  The 
  (^ceanitinae 
  have 
  

   /(';/t,' 
  /(".C-^", 
  the 
  libia 
  bare 
  an 
  ineh 
  ov 
  

   more, 
  (';//_v 
  \o 
  sccojuhin'cs, 
  and 
  broad, 
  

   flat, 
  blunt 
  claws. 
  

  

  Thalassidroma 
  pelagica 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Stonny 
  Petri! 
  

  

  In 
  color 
  similar 
  to 
  Wilson 
  jtotn-l, 
  excepting 
  

   Iho 
  wing 
  coverts, 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  tipped 
  with 
  

   \\ 
  liitish 
  as 
  in 
  that 
  species. 
  Size 
  much 
  smaller. 
  

  

  Length 
  5.5-5.75 
  inches; 
  wing 
  4. 
  5-4. 
  S; 
  tail 
  2.5, 
  

   bill 
  .45; 
  tarsus 
  .9; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  .82. 
  

  

  The 
  Stormy 
  or 
  Least 
  petrel 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

  

  most 
  abundant 
  .species 
  of 
  bird 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  Though 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  European 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Atlantic, 
  it 
  is 
  rarely 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  American 
  side. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  ascribed 
  to 
  Long 
  Island 
  by 
  Giraud 
  

  

  and 
  Lawrence, 
  but 
  no 
  definite 
  records 
  liavo 
  been 
  given 
  and 
  no 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  from 
  Long 
  

  

  Island 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  their 
  collections. 
  If 
  it 
  occurs 
  at 
  all 
  on 
  our 
  coast, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  verv 
  rarolv, 
  or 
  

  

  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  otTshon^. 
  

  

  Stormy 
  110 
  trcl. 
  Tlinlass 
  iil 
  runia 
  i)ilaKii--a 
  (Linnaeus). 
  

   Pn)m 
  .'\iKlubon, 
  Birds 
  of 
  America 
  

  

  