THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 67 



86 Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus). 

 Fulmar. 



Adults.— J^ength, 18-20. Wing, 12.50-13.50. Back, wings and tail, pale gray ; 

 a dusky spot before the eye ; rest of plumage, white ; sometimes the entite 

 plumage is dull brownish-gray. 



Accidental straggler from the North. There is only one record, a 

 bird picked up in an exhausted condition in Bergen county (near 

 Ridgewood), December, 1891, by Mr. Henry Hales.^ 



88 Puffinus borealis Cory. 

 Cory's Shearwater, 



Adults.— Liength, 20-22. Wing, 13.75-14..o0. Above, brownish-black ; below, 

 white ; no sharp line of demarcation on the side of the throat. 



A pelagic species rarely straggling in to the coast. Dr. William C. 

 Braislin obtained two specimens of this species off Fire Island Inlet 

 October 4th, 1902," and in August, 1908, saw several Shearwaters, 

 which he considered were the same species, on the ocean off Forked 

 Eiver.^ 



89 Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly). 

 Greater Shearwater. 



Adults.— hength, 19-20. Wing, 11.50-13. Above, brownish-black; below, 

 white ; ashy on the abdomen and under tail-coverts. Differs from the preced- 

 ing in having the white of the throat, etc., abruptly separated from the dusky 

 of the upper part of the head and neck. 



' O. and O., 1892, p. 39. 

 = Auk, 1904, p. 287. 

 ' Cassinia, 1908, p. 42. 



