. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. i 410 THE TU13E-N()SED — TUIJINAUES. Oceanites oceanicus. WILSON'S Procdlnria jKlngica, Am. Om. VI. 18(18, DO, pi. 60 (not of Linn.). Piocrllaria nccinii a, Knii,, I'citr. Zool. 1820, Monog. Proc. 136, pi. 10, lig. 1. 'J'/iuliiKsitlroma .cmiiim, (illAV, (ieii. 15. III. 1849. Occnnites occanicti., CorEs, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1864, 82 ; Key, 1872, 329 ; Chuck List, 1873, no. 593. — Kimjv. Nom. N. Am. H. 1881, no. 722. Occanttcn iiirioikiin, Coi'i:.-*, 2(1 Check List, 1
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. i 410 THE TU13E-N()SED — TUIJINAUES. Oceanites oceanicus. WILSON'S Procdlnria jKlngica, Am. Om. VI. 18(18, DO, pi. 60 (not of Linn.). Piocrllaria nccinii a, Knii,, I'citr. Zool. 1820, Monog. Proc. 136, pi. 10, lig. 1. 'J'/iuliiKsitlroma .cmiiim, (illAV, (ieii. 15. III. 1849. Occnnites occanicti., CorEs, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1864, 82 ; Key, 1872, 329 ; Chuck List, 1873, no. 593. — Kimjv. Nom. N. Am. H. 1881, no. 722. Occanttcn iiirioikiin, Coi'i:.-*, 2(1 Check List, 1882, no. 828. Thii/assidroma iVihoni, '. Joiini. Ac. Nat. Sci. I'hilad. HI. 1823, 231, pi. 9. — Nrrr. Man. II. 1834, 324. —Aui). Urn. Itiog. 111. 1835, 486; V. 1839, 645; 15. Am. VII. 1844, 223, pi. 460.— Lawu. in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 831. — BaiiU), Cat. N. Am. H. 1859, no. 644. IIab. Atlantic Ocenn in general; Australian seas. Sp. Char. Adult: Above, l'uIif,'inous-(lusky, liecnniing hiack on the reniigos and tail, and fading into light brownish gray on the outer surface of the greater coverts and secondaries. Ui)|)cr. : '*?.• tail-coverts (including their extreme tips) and sides of the crissum pure white. Lower parts plain fuli^'inous. 15ill deep black ; lej^s and feet bhick, the webs marked with an oblong central space of yellow. Wing, r).7{)-().20 inches; tail, ; culmen, .; tarsus, ; middle toe, . The species generally known in the hooks as "Wilson's i'etrel is emi)hatieally a cosmopolite, and seems to he found very nearly over the whole watery expanse of the glohe, in south latitude and in north latitude, and in regions so far remote as almost to warrant the conclusion that it must occur in the intervening spaces, ami that tlie absence of evidence of its presence can by no means be held to be contdusive proof to the contrary. Its breeding-jdaces have been, and to some extent renniin, in doubt. It is especially comm
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