BIRDS OF NEW YORK 157 



The Greater shearwater, Wandering shearwater and Cinereus puffin 

 of Giraud and DeKay, is recorded as a rare visitant to our shores by those 

 early writers. Chapman calls it irregularly common from early June till 

 November. Dutcher calls it "uncommon in summer," his only New York 

 specimens (2) being from Gardiners bay, August 1884. 



The long, narrow wings are set stiffly at right angles with the body, 

 and the bird frequently glides half a mile at a time without moving them 

 perceptibly. It usually follows a direct course, and invariably skims over 

 the waves. I know of no other sea bird whose movements are as easy and 

 graceful. [Brewster] 



Greater shearwater. Puff inus gravis ((VRLiilij. From specimen in State Museum, \ nat. size 



Puffinus puffinus (Brunnich) 



Alanx Shearwater 



Procellaria puffinus Briinnich. Ornith. Borealis. 1764. p. 29 

 Puffinus puffinus A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. (90) 



In color similar to Audubon shearwater. 



Length 13. 5-15 inches; extent 30-33; wing 8.75-9.25; tail 3.1, graduated .75; bill 1.4; depth of 

 bill .45: gape 2.1; tarsus 1.8. 



The Manx shearwater is of rare, or accidental occurrence, in Xorth America. Giraud and Lawrence 

 recorded it from Long Island, but as no specimens from that locality have been found in their collec- 

 tions, it is proV:ialjle that their records refer to the next species. 



