Wilson's petrel. 



legs are long and black — the tarsi one inch and a 

 third long. 



Inhabits the Southern and Pacific Oceans. 



W1LS0N*S PETREL. 



(Procellaria Wilsoni.) 



Pr. Cauda suhcsquale^ tarsi elongati, membrand macula Jlavd. 

 Petrel with a nearly equal tail, elongated tarsi, and a yellow spot 

 on the webs. 



Procellaria Wilsoni. Bonaparte, Philad, Journ. v. iii. no. 



Vigors, Zool. Jour. i. 425. 

 Procellaria pelagica. Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii. ^. 90. pi. Ix.y. 

 Stormy Petrel. Cateshy Carol. App. 1. 14. 



The general colour of this bird is deep sooty black 

 vent, each side, and upper tail-coverts totally white 

 primaries and tail deep black : greater wing-covert 

 and some of the secondaries tipped with whitish : beak 

 five-eighths of an inch long, black: feet black, wit 

 a large oblong yellow spot on the membranes : lengt 

 about seven inches. 



This bird is confined to the western shores of the 

 Atlantic : it breeds, according to Wilson, in great 

 numbers on the Bahamas and Bermuda Islands, and 

 in some places on the coast of East Florida and Cuba 

 their nests are usually placed in holes and cavities o 

 the rocks. 



