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Range (As far as known North Atlantic)

As far as known, North Atlantic; south on the American coast to South Carolina.

Long Island, uncommon in summer.

Nest and eggs unknown. "Its flight and habits seem to be identical with those of major, but its uniform dark coloring gives it a very different appearance. At a distance it looks as black as a Crow" (Brewster).

The BLACK-CAPPED PETREL (98. Estrelata hasitata) is a southern species, which has been found on Long Island, in Florida, West Virginia, and Vermont. It bears a general resemblance to Puffinus major, but is much smaller and has the upper and under tail-coverts white.

The SCALED PETREL (99. Estrelata scalaris) is known from one individual which had wandered to western New York. Its true home has not been discovered, but is doubtless in the Antarctic Ocean. BULWER'S PETREL (101. Bulweria bulweri) inhabits the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the coasts of Europe and Africa, and is of accidental occurrence in Greenland. 104. Procellaria pelagica Linn. STORMY PETREL. Ad.-Upper parts, wings, and tail sooty black; under parts slightly browner; upper tailcoverts white, the longer ones broadly tipped with black; under tail-coverts mixed with whitish; bill and feet black. L., 5.50; W., 4-80; T., 2.50; B., 45. Range." Atlantic Ocean, south on the American side to the Newfoundland Banks, west coast of Africa and coast of Europe" (A. O. U.). Nest, of a few bits of sticks and grasses in a burrow in the ground or beneath a rock. Egg, one, dull white, sometimes with a wreath of minute or obscure markings at the larger end, 1.10 × 80.

This is the common Stormy Petrel of the east side of the Atlantic. It nests in numbers on the small islands along the coast of Great Britain, but is only a transient visitant in our waters. It resembles the two following species in habits. 106. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.). LEACH'S PETREL. Ad. -Upper parts, wings, and tail sooty brown; under parts slightly browner; wing-coverts grayish brown; longer upper tail-coverts white, shorter ones mixed with sooty brownish; tail forked, outer feathers more than 50 longer than middle pair; bill and feet black. L., 8.00; W., 6:20; T., 3.50; B., 62.