42 BIRDS OF NORTH CAROLINA 



27. Puffinus borealis (Cory). CORY'S SHEARWATER. 



Description: Ad. Upperparts ashy fuscous, wings and tail darker; sides of head and neck 

 slightly lighter; underparts white, sometimes washed with grayish on the breast; under wing- 

 coverts and under tail-coverts white, the latter more or less mottled with grayish; bill yellowish. 

 L., 21.00; W., 14.00; Tar., 2.20; B., 2.10. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Known heretofore only off the coasts of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Long 

 Island. 



Range in North Carolina. Accidental at Beaufort. 



Cory's Shearwater is recorded on the authority of Atkinson, who in his "Pre- 

 liminary Catalogue of North Carolina Birds" says: "I saw at Beaufort a wing of 

 one of the shearwaters taken at that place. From the length of the wing and from 

 the description of the bird given to me, I judge it to be this species." This was 

 in December, 1887. 



28. Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly'). GREATER SHEARWATER. 



Description: Ads. Upperparts fuscous, wings and tail slightly darker; longer upper tail- 

 coverts tipped with whitish; underparts white; belly more or less ashy gray: under tail- coverts 

 ashy gray; bill blackish. L.. 20.00; W., 12.25; Tar., 2.20; B., 1.85. (Chap.,' Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Whole Atlantic; occurs off the coast of North America from^June to November. 



Range in North Carolina. -Coastal region, off shore. 



Fid. 21. GREATER SHEARWATER. 



Maynard states that on July 4, 1897, while about fifty miles off Cape Hatteras, 

 he saw a number of these birds (Smithwick's List, p. 202). As the species occurs 

 from the Arctic Circle to Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, it may be ex- 

 pected to occur off our coast from time to time. 



29. Puffinus Iherminieri (Less.). AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER. 



Description. Upperparts, wings, and tail dark, sooty, brownish black; underparts white; 

 sides of the breast grayish; a patch on the flanks and under tail-coverts sooty brownish black; 

 inner side of tarsi yellowish, outer brownish; bill blackish. L., 12.00; W., 8.00; Tar., 1.60; B., 

 1.20. (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. Warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Breeds in the Antilles and Bahamas. 



Range in North Carolina. Accidental at Beaufort. 



