BIRDS OF NEW YORK 



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Sooty shearwater. Puffinus Rriseus Strickland. From specimen in Amencan Museum of Natural 



History. S nat. size 



The Sooty shearwater, or Black hagdon, appears off our coast in sum- 

 mer associated with the Greater and Cor}" shearwaters, but is less common 

 than Puffinus major with which it agrees in habits. At a distance, 

 according to Brewster, "it looks as black as a crow," and hence can easily 

 be distinguished from the other species. This bird is now regarded the 

 same as the Old World species, but for j^ears was held to be distinct. 



