2^20 STORMY PETREL. 



rock, or other cavity ; and, like its congeners, that it 

 rarely appears till dusk, when it is in quest of food, 

 which consists of small insects. 



STORMY PETREL. 



(Procellaria pelagica.) 



pR. Cauda cequale, tarsi jnediocres. 



Petrel vvith an equal tail and moderate tarsi. 



Procellaria pelagica. Linri. Syst. Nat. 1.212. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1.561. Briss. Or7i. 6. 140. pi. \3.f. I. Lath. Ind.Orn.2. 826. 

 Oiseau de tempete. Btiff'. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 327. Ciiv. Reg. 



Anim. 1. 516. 

 Petrel pigme. Temm. man. d'Orn. 519. 

 Stormfinch. Will. Orn. 395. 



Stormy Petrel. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 259. pi. 91. Penn. Arct. 

 Zool, 2. 464. Ed>w. Glean, pi. 90. Alb. Birds, 3. pi 92. 

 Lath. Syn. Sup. 269. Lew. Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 219. Wale. 

 Syn. I. pi. 91. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Supp. Betv. Brit. 

 Birds, 2. pi. 249. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 189. 



This species is about the size of a Swallow, and 

 in its general appearance and flight not unlike that 

 bird : its length is about six inches : its beak is black : 

 its irides brown : the head, back, wings, and tail are 

 deep black ; its under parts are dusky soot-colour : 

 its rump and neck are white : and its scapulars and 

 secondary quills are tipped with white : the wings, 

 when closed, are of an equal length with the tail, or 

 reach but little beyond : the legs are black, and the 

 tarsi are scarcely one inch in length. The young are 

 more of a dusky hue. 



