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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  California. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  as 
  a 
  rare 
  or 
  rather 
  uncommon 
  migrant 
  on 
  cm- 
  

   coast, 
  from 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  Giraud 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  wanders 
  

   inland, 
  especially 
  up 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  petrel 
  which 
  breeds 
  

   on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  It 
  lays 
  a 
  single 
  white 
  egg 
  in 
  a 
  burrow 
  

   m 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  the 
  birds 
  come 
  and 
  go 
  at 
  night, 
  the 
  male 
  usually 
  taking 
  

   charge 
  during 
  the 
  day. 
  The 
  nestling 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  fluffy, 
  sooty 
  

   down. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  specimens: 
  

  

  Quogue, 
  L. 
  I. 
  1850. 
  Butcher, 
  Auk, 
  5: 
  132; 
  see 
  also 
  Lye. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Ann., 
  5: 
  220 
  

  

  Catskill, 
  Greene 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  19, 
  1874. 
  Day, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  3: 
  180 
  

  

  Lansingburg, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Nov. 
  13, 
  1879. 
  (William 
  Gibson). 
  Thomas 
  Heimstreet 
  

  

  Hudson 
  river 
  above 
  Troy. 
  Oct. 
  1879. 
  Park, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  BuL, 
  5: 
  190 
  

  

  Lansingburg, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Nov. 
  3. 
  1886. 
  (William 
  Gibson). 
  Austin 
  F. 
  Parks 
  

  

  Fire 
  Island 
  Light, 
  L. 
  L 
  May 
  4, 
  1888. 
  (J'. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  6: 
  132 
  

  

  Montauk 
  Point 
  Light. 
  May 
  30, 
  1889. 
  c?. 
  (Mulligan). 
  Dutcher, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Notes 
  

  

  July 
  27, 
  1889. 
  (Gurnett). 
  

   New 
  Lebanon, 
  Columbia 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Oct. 
  17, 
  1889. 
  (A. 
  B. 
  Davis). 
  Park 
  Collection, 
  

  

  State 
  Mus. 
  

   Montauk 
  Point 
  Light. 
  June 
  15, 
  1890. 
  9 
  . 
  (Scott). 
  Dutcher, 
  L. 
  L 
  Notes 
  

   Opposite 
  North 
  Troy. 
  Sept. 
  29, 
  1890. 
  A. 
  F. 
  Parks, 
  Mss. 
  

  

  Oceanites 
  oceanicus 
  (Kuhl) 
  

   Wilson 
  Petrel 
  

  

  Procellaria 
  oceanica 
  Kuhl. 
  Beitr. 
  Zool. 
  Mon. 
  Proc. 
  1820. 
  p. 
  136, 
  pL 
  10, 
  fig. 
  i 
  

   Thalassidroma 
  wilsoni 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p.290, 
  fig. 
  271 
  

   Oceanites 
  oceanicus 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  109 
  

  

  oceani'ics, 
  Gr. 
  'QKeavtTrjs, 
  son 
  of 
  ocean; 
  ocean'icus 
  , 
  Lat., 
  oceanic 
  

  

  Description. 
  Sooty 
  black, 
  lighter 
  below; 
  upper 
  tail 
  coverts 
  white, 
  the 
  

   shorter 
  ones 
  mixed 
  with 
  blackish; 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  mixed 
  with 
  whitish; 
  

   wing 
  coverts 
  grayish, 
  margined 
  with 
  whitish; 
  bill 
  and 
  legs 
  black, 
  the 
  feet 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  webs. 
  

  

  Length 
  7 
  inches; 
  wing 
  5.9; 
  tail 
  3-3.25; 
  bill 
  .5; 
  tarsus 
  1.3; 
  tibia 
  bare 
  i; 
  

   middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  i.i. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  petrel 
  found 
  about 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  

   occurs 
  from 
  May 
  till 
  late 
  September 
  (Chapman), 
  when 
  it 
  departs 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  