82 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



Jersey. Eaton gives five records, the dates ranging from 

 May 6 to September 3, the last in 1898. There are only two 

 recent records, and the Skimmer is now a casual visitant in 

 spring and summer; but as it has again reestablished itself 

 as a breeding bird in southern New Jersey, it might occur 

 more frequently in Long Island waters. One bird around 

 Point-o'-Beach, September 5-8, 1913, collected (G. K. 

 Noble). 



Long Island. 



LONG BEACH. One recent record, May 25, 1919 (Griscom 

 and Janvrin, Auk, 1920, p. 126). Specimens are recorded off 

 the beach July 22, 1876 and September 3, 1876 by Newbold 

 T. Lawrence in his notes (fide Bicknell). 



FULMAR (Fulmarus glacialis) 



Accidental visitant from the northern part of the North 

 Atlantic. One was found exhausted at Ridge wood, N. J., 

 December, 1891. 



MEDITERRANEAN SHEARWATER (Puffinus kuhlii kuhlii) 

 In the Auk for January 1922, page 58, Dr. Robert Gush- 

 man Murphy records four specimens of this European rela- 

 tive of Cory's Shearwater in the Dwight Collection, taken on 

 Long Island; two birds at Montauk Point, August 15, 1907, 

 and two off Amityville, October 4, 1902. For the present at 

 least it may be regarded as an accidental visitant from 

 Europe. 



CORY'S SHEARWATER (Puffinus borealis) 

 An uncommon but regular summer visitor to the seas near 

 the coast of Long Island, but rarely approaching within sight 

 of land, a notable exception in the fall of the years 1886 and 

 1887 in Gardiner's Bay. It was abundant off Montauk Point, 

 August 8, 1916 (Murphy and Harper). The generally gray 

 effect of the side of the head distinguishes this species in life 

 from the Greater Shearwater, which has the side of the head 



