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Genus PROCELLARIA LiNNiEus. 



Procellaria Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1. 1758, 131. Type, by elimina- 

 tion, P. pelagica Linn. 



104. Procellaria pelagica Linn. 



stormy Petrel. 



Procellaria pelagica Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 131. 

 [B 64s, C 587, R 721, C 822.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Atlantic Ocean, south on the American side to the 

 Newfoundland Banks. West coast of Africa and coast of Europe. 



Genus OCEANODROMA Reichenbach. 



Oceanodroma Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. iv. Type, Procellaria 

 furcata Gmel. 



105. Oceanodroma furcata (Gmel.). 



Forked-tailed Petrel. 



Procellaria furcata Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 561. 

 Oceanodroma furcata Reich. Syst. Av. 1852, p. iv. 

 [B640, C S91, R726, C 826.] 

 Geog. Dist. — North Pacific, south on the American coast, in 

 winter, to Humboldt Bay, California. Breeds on the Aleutian 

 Islands and on Copper Island. 



106. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.). 



lieacb's Petrel. 



Procellaria leucorhoa Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXV. 



1817, 422. 

 Oceanodroma leucorhoa Stejn. Orn. Expl. Kamtsch. 1885, 97. 

 [B 642, C 588, R 723, C 823.J 

 Geog. Dist. — North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans ; south on 

 the coast of the United States to Virginia and California ; breeds 

 from Maine and the Hebrides northward on the coasts of the 

 Atlantic ; also on the Aleutian Islands and on Copper Island, Bering 

 Sea. 



