Male, 8, 181/2.
Common on the Banks of Newfoundland, and at times off the coast of Massachusetts, Maine, and Nova Scotia. Breeds on the shores of Baffin's Bay.
Thalassidroma Leachii, Bonap. Syn. p. 367.
Fork-tailed Stormy Petrel, Thalassidroma Leachii, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 326.
Forked-tailed Petrel, Thalassidroma Leachii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 434.
468. 2. Thalassidroma Wilsonii, Bonap. Wilson's Petrel.—Mother Carey's Chicken.
Plate CCLXX. Male and Female.
Tail even; bill and feet black, but the webs yellow, unless at the margin; plumage dark greyish-brown; quills and tail brownish-black; outer secondary wing-coverts and some of the secondary quills light greyish-brown, and tipped with white; rump, sides of abdomen, and outer lower tail-coverts, white.
Male, 71/4, 153/4.
Wanders from the Gulf of Mexico, off the whole Atlantic coast to Baffin's Bay, and often almost across the ocean towards Europe. Breeds in vast numbers from Maine to Baffin's Bay.
Stormy Petrel, Procellaria pelagica, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vii. p. 90.
Thalassidroma Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 367.
Wilson's Stormy Petrel, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 322.
Wilson's Petrel, Thalassidroma Wilsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 486; v. v. p. 645.