Wilson’s petrel. 
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WILSON’S PETREL. 
thalassidroma wilsonii. 
Wilson’s Petrel is an occasional visitant in Great 
Britain, whither it is probably driven by long continued 
gales from the west, as we are informed that this bird inhabits 
the shores of America, as far as Cape Horn. It is also 
common on the coasts of Chili, in the United States, and 
Brazil. It sometimes occurs near the Cape of Good Hope, 
on the coast of Spain, and the shores of the Mediter¬ 
ranean. 
For the chief information on the present subject, we are 
indebted to American ornithologists, who are naturally better 
acquainted with the habits of a bird that is frequent upon 
their eoasts, than we can possibly be from the observation of 
a few accidental occurrences. 
The food of the Petrel now under consideration consists 
of the smallest fishes, mollusca, and marine vegetation, and 
it eagerly swallows such inviting fragments as are thrown from 
the decks of vessels. 
