Birds of Bristol County, Mass. 
F.W. Andros. 
Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.), Leach’s Pe¬ 
trel. Resident, occasionally seen off the coast. 
O.&O. XII.Sept. 1887 p.138 
On September 14, 18S9, I shot and captured a Leach’s Petrel ( Ocean?- 
droma leucorhoa) upon the Connecticut River, four or five miles below 
Springfield. Its presence so far inland can undoubtedly be accounted for 
by the very violent northeast storm that had prevailed for the preceding two 
or three days. The bird sat upon the water and permitted me to approach 
in a boat within fifteen or twenty yards,—it would then arise and fly pei- 
haps a quarter of a mile, then alight, repeating this action several times, 
until I finally shot it. 
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Leach’s Petrel at Westford, Mass. — Mr. E. Abbot informs me that a 
Oceanodroma leucorhoa was shot on Forge Pond, Sep- 
32, and that the bird is now in the Westford Public Library. 
Heber Howe, Jr., Long-mood, Mass. 
specimen of Oceanodroma 
tember 25, 1902, and that the 
— Reginald Heber Howe, 
OWE, K., i^ongivuvu, lutioa. . 
Auk, XIX, July, 1902, p.x^V. 
Leach’s Petrel inland in Massachusetts. — A boy picked up a Leach’s 
Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) on one of the streets in Clinton, Mass., 
Sept 27 , 1905 . The bird was alive and apparently uninjured, but it re¬ 
fused to ’eat anything and died October 2 . When it was skinned, a wound 
was found on the head, as if the bird had flown against a wire. This may 
explain why it was so easily caught, when apparently there was nothing 
the matter with it. The town of Clinton is thirty-five miles from the sea. 
The bird is now in the Thayer Museum.— John E. Thayer, Lancaster, 
Mass. Auk, XXlll, Ian,. 1906, P 9/, 
