FAM. LVIII. ALBATROSSES 



319 



Wilsoa's Petrel 



breeding time being the southern summer and its breeding 



home the southern 



seas. 



Length, 7| ; wing, 6 

 (5|-6J) ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 

 1|; oulmen, |. North 

 Atlantic ocean, and 

 oceans of the south- 

 ern hemisphere. The 

 White - bellied Petrel 

 (110. Cymddroma gral- 

 laria) is a small, long- 

 legged, blackish-gray 

 petrel with the lower 

 breast and belly abrajjl- 

 ly white. The upper tail coverts and the bases of all tail feathers, except 

 the middle pair, are also white. Length, 8 ; wing, 6| ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 1| ; 

 culmen, J. Tropical oceans; accidental on the coast of Florida. 



FAMILY LVin. ALBATROSSES (DIOMEDEIDiE) 



The albatrosses are large ocean birds of the southern hemi- 



sph ere, with very great 

 expanse of wings and 

 power of flight. These 

 birds have rarely, if 

 ever, been found on 

 our eastern coasts ; 

 four species visit our 

 Pacific coast. They 

 are rarely found near 

 shore, being able, 

 seemingly, to remain 

 on the wing without 

 ever tiring. Two rec- 

 ords are given of two 

 Wandering Albatross of ^.j^e gpecies. 



1. The Wandering Albatross (80. 1. DioniMea ixulans) is a 

 large species of dusky to white color, according to age. 



Length, 50 ; wing, 28. Reported from the western coast of Florida, 



