. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. LVIII. ALBATBOSSES 319. Wilson's Petrel breeding time being the southern summer and its breeding home the southern seas. Length, 1\ ; wing, 6 (5|-6i); tail, 3 ; tarsus, \\; culm en, J. North Atlantic ocean, and oceans of the south- ern hemisphere. The White - bellied Petrel (110. Cymddroma gral- laria) is a small, long- legged, blackish-gray petrel with the lower breast and belly abrupt- ly white. The upper tail coverts and the bases of all tail feath
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. LVIII. ALBATBOSSES 319. Wilson's Petrel breeding time being the southern summer and its breeding home the southern seas. Length, 1\ ; wing, 6 (5|-6i); tail, 3 ; tarsus, \\; culm en, J. North Atlantic ocean, and oceans of the south- ern hemisphere. The White - bellied Petrel (110. Cymddroma gral- laria) is a small, long- legged, blackish-gray petrel with the lower breast and belly abrupt- ly white. The upper tail coverts and the bases of all tail feathers, except the middle pair, are also white. Length, 8 ; wing, Q\ ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 1^; culm en, |. Tropical oceans; accidental on the coast of Florida. FAMILY LVIII. ALBATROSSES (DIOMEDEID^) The albatrosses are large ocean birds of the southern hemi- sphere, with very great expanse of wings and power of flight. These birds have rarely, if ever, been found on our eastern coasts; four species visit our Pacific coast. They are rarely found near shore, being able, seemingly, to remain on the wung without ever tiring. Two rec- ords are given of two Wandering Albatross of the species. 1. The Wandering Albatross (80. 1. DiomMea exulans) is a large species of dusky to white color, according to age. Length, 50 ; wing, 28. Reported from the western coast of 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 Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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