284 wjlson's petrel. 



legs are Ions: and black :" — the tarsi one inch and a 

 third long. 



Inhabits the Southern and Pacific Oceans. 



WILSON S PETREL. 



I (Procellaria Wilsoni.) 



Pr. caudd subcequale, tarsi elongati, membrana macula Jlavd. 

 Petrel with a nearly equal tail, elongated tarsi, and a yellow spot 



on the webs. 

 Procellaria Wilsoni. Bonaparte, Philad. Journ. v. iii. no. 8. 



Vigors, Zool. Jour, i. 425. 

 Procellaria pelagica. Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 90. pi. Ix.y. G. 

 Stormy Petrel. Catesby Carol. App. 1.14. 



The general colour of this bird is deep sooty black : 

 vent, each side, and upper tail-coverts totally white : 

 primaries and tail deep black : greater wing-coverts 

 and some of the secondaries tipped with whitish : beak 

 five-eighths of an inch long, black : feet black, with 

 a large oblong yellow spot on the membranes : length 

 about seven inches. 



This bird is confined to the western shores of the 

 Atlantic : it breeds, according to Wilson, in great 

 numbers on the Bahamas and Bermuda Islands, and 

 in some places on the coast of East Florida and Cuba : 

 their nests are usually placed in holes and cavities of 

 the rocks. 



