THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 67 



86 Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus). 

 Fulmar. 



Adults. Length, 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 entire 

 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. 1 



88 Puffinus borealis Cory. 

 Cory's Shearwater. 



Adults. Length, 20-22. Wing, 13.75-14.50. 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, 2 and in August, 1908, saw several Shearwaters, 

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

 River. 3 



89 Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly). 

 Greater Shearwater. 



Adults. Length, 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. 



1 O. and O., 1892, p. 39. 



2 Auk, 1904, p. 287. 



3 Cassinia, 1908, p. 42. 



