10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WILSON'S PETREL»
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
In a burrow about three feet long, under a heavy mass of rock, some of the
explorers were led by the constant hovering of a bird around the entrance to a
nest belonging to a Wilson's petrel. 1914 (Cape Adare) Priestley, Raymond E. (
1974 repr ...
2
The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
Wilson's Petrel was once regarded as a very rare vagrant from the Southern
Hemisphere but is now known to be reasonably numerous in the western
approaches in July–September (as many as 103 were recorded in 1988).
However, to see ...
3
Of Pavlova, Poetry and Paradigms: Essays in Honour of Harry ...
Walters, op. cit., p. 62a. 62. Wilson's storm petrel, n., also Wilson's petrel, n. A sea
-bird, Oceanites oceanicus. NCF petrel de Wilson ['Wilson's petrel'], 1983. 1970
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820) . . . Wilson's Storm Petrel. OSNZ, op. cit., p. 29.
Christine Franzen, Laurie Bauer, 1993
4
Jonathan Couch's Cornish Birds
243 Wilson's Petrel [Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus] An account of
the first specimen of this bird taken in the British islands, and which came into my
possession, was communicated to the Linnean society; and is published in the ...
Roger David Penhallurick, 2003
5
A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Wilson's Petrel. —Mother Carey's Chicken. PLATE CCLXX. Male and Female.
Tail even ; bill and feet black, but the webs yellow, unless at the margin ; plumage
dark greyish-brown ; quills and tail brownish-hlack ; outer secondary wing-
coverts ...
6
Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A ...
Light and dark morphs were originally described as separate species (Arminjon's
and Trinidade petrels, respectively), as was an intermediate morph (Wilson's
Petrel) and a striking leucistic oddball (see review by Patteson & Brinkley 2004).
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Coloured illustrations of British birds and their eggs
WILSON'S PETREL. THALASSIDROMA WILSONII. Wilson's Petrel is an
occasional visitant in Great Britain, whither it is probably driven by long continued
gales from the west, as we arc informed that this bird inhabits the shores of
America, ...
Henry Leonard Meyer, 1850
8
A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas: And Adjacent States
HARCOURT'S PETREL (Madeira Petrel) Oceanodroma castro. Larger than
Wilson's Petrel )7-8i; tail distinctly forked. Very similar to Leach's Petrel of N.
Atlantic but white in even hand across rump; more white on flanks and under tail-
coverts.
Roger Tory Peterson, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998
The commonest of the little ship followers in the North Atlantic in summer,
however, is Wilson's Petrel. This species breeds around the Antarctic continent
and on Subantarctic islands. It comes to Northern Atlantic waters during our
summer, but ...
10
Transactions of the Linnean Society
Linnean Society. Both the specimens were in about equal degrees well fed : —
Weight of the Stormy Petrel 4 drams 35 grains ; of Wilson's Petrel 5 drams 2
scruple?. end of the tail J " The Stormy Petrel is feathered just to the tarsal joint;
but in ...
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America's most abundant, most wanted bird
Johnny Wilson–my long-time extreme birding friend–and I are greedily eating ... most abundant but also most wanted bird in the Americas is the Wilson's petrel. «NatGeo News Watch, Apr 10»
