42 Birds of North Carolina 



27. Puffinus borealis {Cory). Cory's Shearwatkr. 



Description: Ad. — I'piXTparts ashy fuscou.-!, wings and tail darkor; siiips of hoafl anil neck 

 sliglitly liglitor; unclerparts white, sometimes waslied with Rrayish on the breast; under wing- 

 coverts and under tsiil-coverts wliite, the latter more or less mottled with grayish; bill yellowish. 

 L., 21.00; \V., 14.00; Tar., 2.20; B., 2.10. (Chap., liinh i,J E. N. A.) 



Range. — Known heretofore only off the coasts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and I-ong 

 Island. 



Range in North Carolina. — Accidental at Beaufort- 

 Cory's Shearwater i.s recorded on tlie authority of Atkinson, who in hi.s "Pre- 

 hniinary Catalogue of North Carolina Birds" says: "I saw at Beaufort a wing of 

 one of the shearwaters taken at that place. From the length of the wing and from 

 the description of the bird given to me, I judge it to be this species." This was 

 in I)eceml)er, 1887. 



28. Puffinus gravis {O'Reilly). Greater Shearwater. 



Description: Ads. — rpperparts fuscous, wings and tail .slightly darker; longer upper tail- 

 coverts tipped with whitish; underparts white; belly more or less ashy grav: under tail-coverts 

 ashy gray; bill blackish. L., 20.01); W., 12.2.^); Tar.". 2.20; B., 1.8.5. (Chap., /im/.s of E. N. A.) 



Range. — A\'holc .\tlantie; occurs off the coast of North .\merica fromj.june to November. 



Range in North Carolina. — Coastal region, off shore. 



Fio. '21. Gre.\ter Siik.\k\vater. 



Mayiiard states tiiat on ,July 4, IS'.lT, while about fifty miles off Cape Hatteras, 

 he saw a number of these birds (Smithwick's Li.st, p. 202). As the species occurs 

 from the Arctic Circle to Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, it may be ex- 

 pected to occur ofT our coast from time to time. 



29. Puffinus Iherminieri {Less.). Audubon's Shearwater. 



Description. — I'pperparts, wings, and tail dark, sooty, brownish black; underparts white; 

 sides of the breast gi-ayish; a patch on the flanks and under tail-coverts sooty brownish lilack; 

 inner side of tarsi vellowish, outer brownish; bill blackish. L., 12.00; \V., 8.00; Tar., l.GO; P., 

 1.20. (Chap., liinh of E. .V. .1.) 



Range. — -Warmer parts of the .\tlantic Ocean. Breeds in the Antilles and Bahamas. 



Range in Xortli Carolina. — -.Vccidental at Beaufort. 



