. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 270 TUBINARES. 265. PROCELLARIA LEACHI. (LEACH'S FORK-TAILED PETREL.) Procellaria leachii, Teraminck, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 812 (1820). Leach's Petrel is a little bird (wing from carpal joint about G inches). It is very dark brown above and below, except the upper tail-coverts, Mliich arc white. Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 013. fig. Head of Procellaria hcuhi. Natural size. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel breeds in the Kurilc Islands (Blakiston and Prycr, Ibis, 1878, p. 218). There is an example in the Prycr collection obtained b
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 270 TUBINARES. 265. PROCELLARIA LEACHI. (LEACH'S FORK-TAILED PETREL.) Procellaria leachii, Teraminck, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 812 (1820). Leach's Petrel is a little bird (wing from carpal joint about G inches). It is very dark brown above and below, except the upper tail-coverts, Mliich arc white. Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 013. fig. Head of Procellaria hcuhi. Natural size. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel breeds in the Kurilc Islands (Blakiston and Prycr, Ibis, 1878, p. 218). There is an example in the Prycr collection obtained by Mr. Snow in this locality, and Captain Blakiston has sent me others (Scebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 33). Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel breeds on some of the western islands of Scotland and Ireland, as well as in the Bay of Fundy on the American coast. Tiicse colonics appear to be completely isolated from the colony in the North Pacific, which extends to the Com- mander Islands and the Aleutian Islands. 266. PROCELLARIA MELANIA. (BLACK PETREL.) Procellaria melania, Bonaparte, Compt. Rend, xxviii. p. 662 (1854). The Black Petrel is slightly larger than Leach's Petrel (wing from carpal joint G^ inches), the fork of its tail is somewhat deeper (1^ inches), and the rump and upper tail-covcrts are sooty brown like the rest of the plumage; but in both species the margins of the tcrtials and scajjuiars arc paler. Figures: Baird, Brewer, and Ilidgway, Watcr-Birds N. Amcr. ii. ]). 107 (woodcut of tail and foot), p. Ill (woodcut of head).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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