PUFFINUS 851 



1169. GREAT SHEARWATER. 

 PUFFINUS GRAVIS. 



Puffinm grams (O'Reilly), Voy. to Greenland, &c., p. 140, pi. 12, fig. 1 

 (1818) ; Salvin, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxv. p. 373 ; Saunders, p. 737 ; P. 

 major (Faber), Prodr. Isl. Orn. p. 56 (1822) ; Gould, B. of Gt. Brit, 

 v. pi. 83 ; Dresser, viii. p. 527, pi. 616, fig. 2 ; Ridgway, p. 59 ; 

 Lilford, vi. p. 136, pi. 58 ; P. cinereus, Nutt. Man. Water Birds, 

 p. 334 (1834). 



Stora skrofa, Icel. 



$ ad. (S. England). Crown, sides of head, nape, and upper parts deep 

 brown, the feathers of the upper parts with paler margins ; wings and 

 tail darker ; lower hind neck white tinged with brown ; lower part of 

 upper tail-coverts white marked with brown ; under parts and under wing- 

 coverts white ; under tail -coverts greyish brown tipped with white ; bill 

 blackish horn ; outside of tarsus and exterior toe brownish, rest of feet and 

 webs yellowish flesh ; iris dark brown. Culmen 2'35, wing 12'6, tail 4'7, 

 tarsus 2-38, middle toe 2'65 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hob. The Atlantic Ocean from Greenland, Iceland, and the 

 Fseroe Isles south to the Cape of Good Hope and Falkland 

 Islands, appears occasionally in vast flocks off the Hebrides. 



In general habits it does not differ from P. anglorum. Nothing 

 definite is known of its nidification, and authentic eggs are still 

 wanting. 



1170. SOOTY SHEARWATER. 

 PUFFINUS GRISEUS. 



Puffinus griseus (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 564 (1788) ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 523, pi. 616, fig. 1 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 266 ; Salvin, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. xxv. p. 386 ; Saunders, p. 739 ; Lilford, vi. p. 138, 

 pi. 59 ; Kidgway, p. 61 ; P. fuliginosus, Strickl. P.Z.S. 1832, 

 p. 129 ; P. stricldandi, Ridgw. Manual, p. 61 (1896). 



$ ad. (S. England). Upper parts sooty blackish brown with a choco- 

 late tinge, the head, lower back, wings, and tail darker, the dorsal feathers 

 with faintly paler edges ; under parts greyer ; the chin and upper throat 

 dark ashy grey ; under wing-coverts greyish white with dark shafts and 

 marbled with brown ; bill brownish black, paler on the edge of the lower 

 mandible ; outer portion of tarsus and outer toe blackish brown ; rest of 

 legs and feet dull brownish ochreous ; iris dark brown. Gape 2*25, 

 wing 11*85, tail 3*7, tarsus 2'22, middle toe 2*8 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hob. Generally distributed throughout the seas of both 

 hemispheres from the Faeroes and Banks of Newfoundland to the 



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