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XXXV. PROCELLARIA Linnjjus. 1758. 



104. Stormy Petrel. Mother Carey Chicken. 



Procellaria ptlagica Linn. 1758. 



One specimen found Injured on Sable island, N.S., Nov. 4th, 

 1901. (^R. Boulelier.') Two specimens taken in the Greenland 

 seas. (Arct. Man.) A common summer migrant, breeding on the 

 islands around the coast of Newfoundland. {Reeks) Common 

 all the year. Breeds on St. Paul island, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and 

 other favourable localities; nest in a bank. {Downs.) One speci- 

 men found at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) Specimens were 

 taken in Ungava bay, 1882. {Packard.) 



XXXVL OCEAlSrODROMA Reichenbach. 1852. 



105. Forked-tailed Petrel. 



Oceanodroma furcata (Gmel.) Reich. 1852. 

 A winter resident along both coasts of Vancouver island, but 

 more abundant on the west coast; has been taken in Victoria 

 harbour. {Fan?iin.) The Aleutian islands form the main home of 

 this elegant bird. It is seen in the North Pacific for one or two 

 hundred miles south of the islands; it is sometimes found on the 

 lower Yukon and has been seen in Bering strait and about St. 

 Lawrence island; two specimens have been taken in Kotzebue 

 sound, so its range reaches the arctic circle. {Nelson.) 



106. Leach Petrel. 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.) Siejn. 1885. 



Constantly observed near the coast of Greenland to lat. 64" or 

 65° N.; most common about the entrance to Gotthaab fjord. 

 {Arct. Man) Found southward along the whole Atlaiitic coast, 

 and in all parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. R^eks says they 

 probably breed around the coast of Newfoundland; and Bishop 

 reports that they breed in small numbers on Great Bird rock, 

 Bryon island, and possibly others of the Magdalen islands. 



On the Pacific coast from California to some distance north of 

 the Aleutian islands. {Nelson.) According to Dall they breed in 

 considerable numbers on the southern Aleutian islands. Fannin 

 took one specimen off Beacon Hill, Victoria, Vancouver island, 

 November, 1893. 

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