502 



LARID.E. 



NATATOBES. 



LARIDM. 



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. ^^M„6'.c^';'\^^|nV'>V\^^'"'^ 



THE GREATER SHEARWATER. 



PUFFINUS 31AJ0K OF FaBER. 



I'liJIintis ciiiereus. Cinereous Sheanvater, SELBY,Brit. Ornilli. vol. ii. p. 528. 



I'roceUariapuffinits, ,, , 



11 Juligiiiosus, ,, 



Vnffiinis cinereus, ,, , 



»> Juligiiiosus, Duskif , 



,, citiereus. Cinereous , 



,, 7najcr, Puffin majeur. 



Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 284. 

 ,, ,, ,, 285. 



Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 49. 



»» »» »» >9 Ol. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 

 Temm. Man.d'Ornilli. vol. iv. p. 507. 



PuFriNi's. Generic Cliuructers. — Bill as long, or longer than the head, 

 slender, upper mandible compressed and curved towards the point ; under 



