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New Species of Procellaria. 



Length 16 inches; alar extent 39 inches ; wing, from flexure, 12 

 inches , taxi 5 inches ; tarsus 1 1-2 inches ; outer toe 2 inches ; in- 

 ner, 1 1 2 inches. Bill along the back to the point 1 1-2 inches; 

 5-8 moh deep at the base, and nearly the same in breadth; tubu- 

 lar sheath 1-4 inch long. 



First primary longest; secondaries broad and rounded. Plate 



-A. v . 



This new species of Petrel was given me by Dr. C. H. Stilwell, 

 of Brooklyn, L. I., who obtained it in Florida during the winter of 

 last year. From him I received the following communication • 



"This bad was found floating, wounded, in the salt lagoon op. 

 pete Indian river inlet, on the eastern coast of Florida, two hun- 

 dred and forty miles south of St. John's river. No one of the set- 

 tlers could tell the name of it, and I suppose it is an uncommon 

 b.rd ln that region, though 1 cannot say particularly, not being ac- 

 quainted there much." 



Birds of this genus are usually found in high latitudes, but from 

 the d.fficulty of obtaining them, as they are strictly sea-birds, it is 

 probable they are more frequent on our coast than is generally sup- 

 posed. At sea they are attracted around the stern of a vessel by 

 any small floating substance, and at such times are often taken with 

 a line and fish-hook baited with fat. 



In lightness of form, great length of wing, and graduated tail, it 

 somewhat resembles the genus Puffinus ; but the bill is so stronriv 

 characteristic of the Fulmars, I have thought proper to class it 

 with them. 



Note.— This bird was noticed on the cover of Nos. 8 and 9 

 Vol. IV., of the Annals of the New-York Lyceum, under the spe- 

 cfic name of Brevirostris ; but that name being pre-occuoied by 

 another species described in Lesson's Ornithology, the above one 

 is substituted. 



