BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 273 



Genus PuFFmus, Briss. 



180. Fuffinus major, Fab. Greater Shearwater. 



Fuffinua major, Fab. 

 Fuffinua cinereua, Bp. 

 Nectria cinerea, Keys. & Bias. 

 Cymotomua arcticus, Macgil. 

 Fuffinua arcticua, Macgil. 

 Ardenna major (Fab.), Reich. 

 FroceUaria major (Fab.), Schl. 

 Fuffinua obacurua, Hart. 



Length, 19 j wing, 12.16; tail, 4.7; tarsus, 2.38; bill, 2.35. 



Mob. — Throughout the whole of the Atlantic Ocean, from the coasts 

 of Greenland to the Cape of Good Hope and Tierra del Fuego (Dresser). 



Two obtained by Mr. Hurdis, on the 2d June, 1851 ; one picked up, 

 unable to fly, in the road on the south side of Hamilton Harbor, and 

 anotiier caught alive in the water near the town of Hamilton. The 

 former measured 19.2 inches in length, with an expanse of wings of 44 

 inches ; the latter was an exact duplicate of it, according to Mr. Hurdis ; 

 there is no doubt that the birds belonged to this species, and not to the 

 following one. 



181. Puffimis griseus, (Gm.) Finsch. Sooty Shearwater. 



Nectria fuliginoaa, Solander. 

 FroceUaria (jrisea, Gm. 

 FrocAlaria J'idiginosa, Forst., Kuhl. 

 Fuffinua fuliginoaua, Strict. 

 Fuffinua cinereua, Gould. 

 Nectria fuliginosa. Keys. & Bias. 

 Fuffinua major, Temm. 

 FroceUaria triatia, Forst. 

 Fuffinua tristia (Forst.), Gray. 

 Nectria amaurosoma, Coues. 

 Fuffinua amaurosoma (Coues), Gray. 

 Fuffinua griaeus (Gm.), Fiusch. 



Length, IG; wing, 11.85; tail, 3.7; tarsus, 2.22. 



Hab. — In the Atlantic from the coast of Greenland to the extreme 

 south; in the Pacific from the coast of California down at least to Chili, 

 and off the coast of New Zealand. (Dresser.) 



One specimen in Mr. Bartram's collection obtained by himself. 



182. Puffinus anglorum, Temm. Manx Shearwater. 



FroceUaria puffinus, Linn. 

 FroceUaria anglorum, Temm. 

 Fuffinua anglorum (Temm.), Boie. 

 Fuffinua arcticua, Faber. 

 FroceUaria yeUcouan, Acerbi. 

 Thalaaaidroma anglorum (Temm.), Sw. 



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