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XXXIII. ^STRELATA Bonaparte. 1856. 

 ^8. Black-capped Petrel. 



jiEstrelata hasitata (Kum) Coues. 1866. 



On the 30th October, 1893, the dead body of a Black-capped 

 Petrel was picked up on the shore of the island at Toronto, Ont. 

 ■{Mcllwraith.) Only known record, for our limits. 



100. Fisher's Petrel, 



^strelata fisheri Ridgw. 1883. 



Described from a specimen taken on Kadiak Island by Mr. 

 Fisher. June nth, 1882. {Nelson.) Mr. Nelson saw a petrel — 

 -which was possibly this bird — while passing the Aleutian Islands. 



XXXIV. BULWERIA Bonaparte. 1842. 



101. Bulwer's Petrel. 



Bulweria bulweri (Jard. & Selby) Boucard. 1876. 



Only one specimen known from Greenland, which was received 

 from the Moravian missionaries. {Arct. Man) 



XXXV. PROCELLARIA Linn^us. 1758. 



104. Stormy Petrel. Mother Carey's Chicken. 



Procellaria pelagica Linn. 1758. 



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. {Dow?is.) One specimen found at St. 

 John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) Specimens were taken in Ungava Bay, 

 1882. {Packard.) 



XXXVI. OCEANODROMA Reichenbach. 1852. 



105. Forked-tailed Petrel. 



Oceaiwdroma furcata (Gmel.) Reich. 1852. 



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 



