. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . f reinstating it in the future. Inpoint of fact, we have no doubt that it occurs. BothVerrill and Boardman accredit it to Maine ; see forexample Pr. Essex Inst., iii, p. i6o, or Pr. Bost. Soc, ix,1863, p. 234. LEACHS PETREL. Cymochorea leucorrhoa (V.) Cones. Chars. Coloration as in the last species, with conspicuous whieupper tail-coverts, but apt to be lighter — rather of a grayish oreven ashy tint on some parts. Much larger: length about ;wing, ; tail, , forked; tarsus about ;middle toe and claw t
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . f reinstating it in the future. Inpoint of fact, we have no doubt that it occurs. BothVerrill and Boardman accredit it to Maine ; see forexample Pr. Essex Inst., iii, p. i6o, or Pr. Bost. Soc, ix,1863, p. 234. LEACHS PETREL. Cymochorea leucorrhoa (V.) Cones. Chars. Coloration as in the last species, with conspicuous whieupper tail-coverts, but apt to be lighter — rather of a grayish oreven ashy tint on some parts. Much larger: length about ;wing, ; tail, , forked; tarsus about ;middle toe and claw the same ; bill, , strong. Resident off the coast, and the most abundant of the three species. It is knownto breed from Maine north-ward, and may occasionallybe seen in summer any-where else within our Merriam, in fact, is in-clined to believe that a few^^^^ of this species may breed on the islands off the Connecti-cut coast. It nests in bur-rows in the ground, laying a single white egg, often faintlyspotted about one end, measuring about Fig. 81. — Leachs Petrel. OCEANITES OCEANICUS : WILSOns PETREL. 383 WILSONS PETREL. OCEANITES OCEANICUS {KllJll) CoiieS. Chars. Dark sooty-brown, pale gray on the wing-coverts; theupper tail-coverts, and frequently the crissum and sides of rumpand base of tail, white ; bill and feet black, but webs with ayellow spot. Legs very long; tibiae bare an inch or more ; tarsi booted, much longer than the toes ; claws flat, obtuse ; billsmall and weak; hind toe very minute, liable to be , ; wing about ; tail, , nearly even;tarsus, ; middle toe and claw ^ ; bill only .50. Common, under the same circumstances as the last,with which it is frequently found in association, thoughwe are not aware that its breeding within our limits issufficiently attested. GREATER OR WANDERING SHEARWATER. PUFFINUS MAJOR FabcK Chars. Dark bistre-brown, somewhat plumbeous on the head, mostfeathers of the
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