CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 623 



ORDER LONGIPENNATI. 



(CECOMORPHJE.) 



SUB-ORDER TUBINARES. 

 Family PROCELLARIIDJE. 



Petrels. 



FULMARUS, Leach. 



P. glacialis, L. (Procellaria meridionalis Abbott's Catalogue.) Fulmar. 



Nasal tubes long proportionately and close together; bill 



short and stout, and dusky or brownish ; head, neck and lower 



parts white ; upper parts bluish gray, the quills darker, or 



whole plumage may be gray. Length, 19 inches. 



" Met with, but not abundantly, during the spring and again 

 in autumn, off the coast. At neither season do they make any 

 prolonged stay. Occasionally, but very seldom, have been killed 

 in the bays." 



PUFPINU3, Briss. 



P. puffinus, Briinn. (anglorum Abbott's Catalogue.) Manx Shear- 

 water. 



Bill cylindrical ; nostrils separated widely and visible from 

 above ; plumage sooty blackish ; lower parts white ; lower 

 tail coverts white and dusky. Length, 14 inches ; tail, 3 inches ; 

 wing, 9 inches. 



"Rare. Appears off the coast about the middle of November, 

 and is seen occasionally until March. The author met with 

 several off Sandy Hook in December, 1863." [C. C. A.] 



P. major, Faber. Greater Shearwater. 



Throat white, abruptly separated from dusky of lop and sides 

 of head and neck ; bill blackish ; upper tail coverts white ; 

 belly clouded with gray. Length, 20 inches ; wings, 13 inches. 

 Inhabits the Atlantic Ocean generally. 



