Definition of "procellaria" []

• A Linnean genus of Procellariidæ, or petrels, formerly conterminous with the family, later variously restricted, now usually confined to the very small black-and-white species known as Mother Carey's chickens, as P. pelagica, the stormy petrel: in this restricted sense synonymous with Thalassidroma of Vigors. See cut under petrel. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "During these periods, I have been for hours watching the motions of the "stormy petrel" (_procellaria pelagica_), called by sailors, "mother Carey's chickens.""
• "One of these was the _procellaria maxima_ (the _quebrantahuessos_), and the other, which was little more than half the size, seemed to be of the"
• "(_procellaria glacialis_,) and shearwaters, (_procellaria puffinus_,) and not unfrequently saw shoals of grampusses sporting about, which the"