. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 163 Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vicillot) Lcacli Petrel Procellaria leucorhoa Vieillot. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 1817. 25:425 Thalassidroma leach i DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 291, fig. 295 Oceanodroma leucorhoa A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 106 oceano'droma, Gr. flKcaTOs, ocean, and Spojuos, running; Iciico'rJioa, Gr. AtnKo?, white and o'/jpos, rump Description. Sooty blackish, browner below; wing coverts grayish brown; upper tail coverts white, the shorter ones mixed with brownish; bill and feet black; iris brown; tail forked. Length
. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 163 Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vicillot) Lcacli Petrel Procellaria leucorhoa Vieillot. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 1817. 25:425 Thalassidroma leach i DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 291, fig. 295 Oceanodroma leucorhoa A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 106 oceano'droma, Gr. flKcaTOs, ocean, and Spojuos, running; Iciico'rJioa, Gr. AtnKo?, white and o'/jpos, rump Description. Sooty blackish, browner below; wing coverts grayish brown; upper tail coverts white, the shorter ones mixed with brownish; bill and feet black; iris brown; tail forked. Length inches; extent 17-18; wing ; tail , forked .] tarsus .9-1; middle toe and claw i; Ijill .67. The Leach or common Forked-tail petrel inhabits the seas of the holarctic region in general, breeding from the Hebrides and the coast of Maine northward, and migrating southward in winter as far as Virginia and. Leach petreL Oceanodroma leucorhoa (VieiUot). From Audubon. Birds of America. ^ nat. size. 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 Eaton, Elon Howard, 1866-1934. Albany, University of the State of New York
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