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Family Procellariidae— The Petrels and 

 Shearwaters. 



Six species have occurred on the coast of New Jersey, but they 

 are all pelagic, and only approach the shore when driven in by storms. 



The Sooty Shearwater and Leach's and Wilson's Petrels seem to 

 be of most frequent occurrence, while the others are very rare. 



32. Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.). Fulmar. 



Distribution — North Atlantic Ocean. 

 Very rare straggler. One was found exhausted in Bergen county, 

 N. J., early in December, 1891. {Henry Hales, 0. ^ 0., 1892, p. 38.) 

 We know of no other records of its occurrence in either Pennsylvania 

 or New Jersey, 



55. Puffinus major Faber. Greater Shearwater. 



Distribution — Atlantic Ocean generally. 

 A rare straggler to the New Jersey coast and accidental inland. 

 One found dead in Chester county. Pa., a few years ago {Michener, 

 Birds of Chester Co.) is the only occurrence that we are acquainted 

 with.* 



34. P^(j]|^nusstr^cMan(ll^lT>G^x. Sooty Shearwater. 



Distribution — North Atlantic from Newfoundland Banks to S. Carolina. 



Occurs on the fishing grounds off the New Jersey coast and occa- 

 sionally visits the shore. One specimen is in the collection of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, which was taken 

 many years ago on the New Jersey coast, and another which was 

 shot below Atlantic City, June 3, 1893, by Prof. J. Remington. 



Mr. Laurent also records two shot at the fishing banks off Five- 

 mile Beach by Capt. John Taylor {0. ^ 0., 1892). 



35. Procellaria pelaglca Linn. Stormy PetreL 



Distribution — North Atlantic, southward to Newfoundland Banks and 

 casually farther. 



Very rare straggler. Turnbull (in 1869) says that a specimen 



* Audubon's Shearwater (Piiffinus auduboni, Finsch) is said by Audubon to 

 occur as far north as Sandy Hook, and Giraud records it from Long Island, but 

 we can find no positive record of its capture on the New Jersey coast. 

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