Capture of Leach’s"Petrel 160 miles from the Sea. — In 
October, 1879 , a Leach’s Petrol ( Cymochorea leucorrhoa) was shot in the 
Hudson River, about six miles north of Troy, by William Clark, o 
Waterford. The bird was mounted by William Gibson, of Lansingburg, 
and is in his collection. — Austin F. Park, Troy, N. Y. 
Bull. N.O.O. 5, July, 1880, p. 1*10 ■ 
Bds. ObB. at Little and Great Gull Tp- 
lands, N.Y. Aug.’88 B.H.Dutch* r. 
6. Oceanodroma leucorhoa, or , Petrel —Petrels, one 
same time.* ______— 
' ^rH^T-Chas. B. Field secured and gave me a Petrel that proved to be the 
last-named of these species, thus warranting what has been said above to e rue 
Wilson's, if not of Leach’s Petrel. 
Auk. Tl. April, 1889. p. /X#- 
BIRD NOTES FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. 
BY WILLIAM DUTCHER. 
i, Oceanodroma leucorhoa. Leach’s Petrel. —Three Petrels are in¬ 
cluded in Giraud’s Long Island list, as follows: Wilson’s, Fork¬ 
tailed, and the Least, the two latter being now known as Leach’s and the 
Stormy Petrel. Mr. Lawrence included these, and added the Tropical 
Fulmar, now known as the Black-capped Petrel, a straggler of this 
species having been taken at Quogue, L. I., in 1850.* That the Stormy 
Petrel ( Procellaria pelagica) was included on insufficient grounds is in¬ 
dicated by our present knowledge of its distribution. The general re¬ 
semblance to each other of the three species of this family included by 
Mr. Giraud in his list is so great, and as they are not usually found near 
the shore, it is not strange that they have been confounded in the earlier 
records. Ml. Giraud considered Leach’s Petrel rare, as he records it in 
the following words: “Is of rare occurrence on the shores of Long 
Island.” t The only specimen of this species that I have been able to 
procure, thus far, is a male, which struck Fire Island Light on the night 
of May 4, 1888, between the hours of 10 P. m. and 2 A. M. The weather 
was thick, with a br isk southwest wind. 
* Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., Vol. V, p. 220. 
t Birds of Long Island, p. 372. 
Auk, "ft* April, 1889. p. I3I'I3X- 
Leach’s Petrel ( Oceanodroma leucorhoa) on the Long Island Shore. 
On October 21, 1904, while walking along the Sound beach off Mt. Sinai 
Harbor, about six o’clock p. M., I observed a long-winged bird flying low 
over the waves, a short distance from shore. I shot the bird, which proved 
to be a male Leach’s Petrel. Early next morning, two miles further west 
on the same beach, I secured a second specimen, which was found to be 
a young female. Both birds were flying westward when shot. These are 
the only cases I know of in which Leach’s Petrels have been found so 
near land. One of the skins is now in my possession ; the other is in the 
collection of Mr. Arthur 'Helme of Millers Place, L. I. — Robert C. 
Murphy, Mt. Sinai , Long Island, N. Y. 
Attk, XXII, A r., 1905, p -.zo'T'U'’- 
