. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 84 BIRDS OF AMERICA WILSON'S PETREL Oceanites oceanicus {Kuhl) A. O. U. Number 109 Other Names.— Common Stormy Petrel; Mother Carey's Chicken ; Long-legged Storm Petrel. General Description.— Length, 7 inches. Color, dark suoty-bruwn. Lcc/s. lony and stilt-like: tail, square. Color.— Body, dark sooty-brown; wings and tail, black; wing-coverts, pale gray ; upper and under tail- coverts, sides of rump, and base of tail, white; bill and fet--;, black, latter with a large yelloiv sf^ot on webs; iris, brown. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : In burrows or in crevic
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 84 BIRDS OF AMERICA WILSON'S PETREL Oceanites oceanicus {Kuhl) A. O. U. Number 109 Other Names.— Common Stormy Petrel; Mother Carey's Chicken ; Long-legged Storm Petrel. General Description.— Length, 7 inches. Color, dark suoty-bruwn. Lcc/s. lony and stilt-like: tail, square. Color.— Body, dark sooty-brown; wings and tail, black; wing-coverts, pale gray ; upper and under tail- coverts, sides of rump, and base of tail, white; bill and fet--;, black, latter with a large yelloiv sf^ot on webs; iris, brown. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : In burrows or in crevices on -Antarctic islands in February. Eggs: i, white. Distribution.— South polar regions north to Labra- dor and British Isles; common of? the north Atlantic coast of America from May to September; accidental in Ontario. Nearly everyone who crosses the Atlantic or makes a coasting voyage must have noticed those tiny dark-colored birds about the size of Swal- lowrs. with a conspicuotis jjatch (if white on the rump. On rapidly fluttering wing they circle about the vessel, or wander irregularly over the waves. At times they hover at some particular spot, pattering their feet in the unstable element while a-wing. These are Petrels, often called " Mother Carey's ; They are so dis- tinct from all other birds that no one who gets a fair look could possibly mistake them. The first ones are sighted several miles off shore. and they are quite inclined to follow vessels far out on the open ocean. They are birds whose home is on the ocean waves. Some of their scien- tific Latin names appropriately describe them as " runners on the ; Two species represent their kind on our At- lantic coast. One is slightly the larger with a forked tail, and is known as Leach's Petrel. The other, which has the tail square or slightly rounded at the end, is Wilson's Petrel. It is the species mostly seen off shore during our summer season. Like their relatives the She
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