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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



thrown overboard and. which they secure while swimming. 

 The statements made in the general description about the 

 position of the wings while scudding will enable one to distin- 

 guish the fulmars from the gulls. (Noddy.) 



Length, 10; wing, 13 (12-14); tail, 4J ; tarsus, 2; cuhnen, U. North 

 Atlantic, sontli in winter to Ma.ssachusetts, casually to New Jersey. The 

 Lesser Fulmar (86". F. g. minor) is a similar bird, but much smaller. 

 Wing, 12 ; cuhnen, \\. The same distribution. 



2. Cory's Shearwater (88. Pi'iffinus boredlis). — A rare shear- 

 water, Avith tlio wings and tail nearly black, the back some- 

 what ashy, and the under 2)arts white, with a slight grayish tint 

 on the breast. The under tail coverts are white, mottled with 

 grayish, and the sides of head and neck are somewhat lighter 

 than the back ; bill yellowish. 



Length, 21; wing, 14 (131-14J); tail, GJ; tarsu.s, 2\ ; culmen, 2\. 

 Known only by specimens from off the coasts of Ma.ssachusetts south to 

 Long Island. 



3. Greater Shearwater (SI). J'/ijJiiius griivis). — A sooty-black 

 or almost black-backed shearwater, with the under parts almost 



white; shading from 

 white on the breast 

 to ashy-gray on the 

 under tail coverts; 

 )ill blackish. (Hag- 

 Ion.) 



Length, 20 ; wing, 12J 

 tar- 



i (lU-13); tail, 5^ 



Greater Shearwater 



sus, 2| ; culmen, 1|. At- 

 lantic Ocean from Cape 

 Horn to Cape of Good Hope, north to the Arctic Circle. 



4. Audubon's Shearwater (92. Pi'iffinus and uh6ni). — A small 

 shearwater, with all the upper parts from forehead to tail a 

 sooty-black, and the under parts white. There is a patch of 

 sooty on the flanks and under tail feathers, and some grayish 

 on the sides of the breast. This bird is abundant and breeds 

 in the West Indies. 



