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37ti THE TU13E-N0SED SWIMMERS — TU13INARES. 



Genus PUPFINUS, Brissox. 



Piiffinus, Briss. Orn. VI. 1700, 131 (type, PraccUaria pxiffimts, I5i;unx., = P. anglorum, Temm. )• 

 Nectris, Bonap. (ex FousT.), Coiisp. II. 1856, 201 (type, Puffiiuts brevkauUiis, Biundt). 



Char. Similar to Priofmus, but bill iiuieli sleiulurer, the nasal tul)es not more than half as 

 long as the maxillary unguis, depressed anteriorly, ascending basally, the nostrils opening obli(iuely 



P. StricMandi, 



upward, usually narrower, and separated by a thick septum ; culmen much shorter than the 

 tarsus ; space between the nasal tubes and the unguis ei^ual to about three fourths the length of 

 the latter. 



Synopsis of America& Species of Fufflnus. 



\, Lower parts white. 

 a. Bill .stout, the depth through the base equal to one third its length ; nostrils circular. 



1. P. Kuhlii. Abovi^ brownish gray, the dor.sal feathers tipped with paler ; sides of the head 



and neck, along the line of junction of the gray and white, transversely undulated with 

 these cidors. Wii.-g, about I.3.0()-14.()0 inches ; culmen, 1.80-2.00 ; depth of bill througli 

 base, .65-.75 ; tarsus, 1.85-2.00 ; middle toe, 2.10-2.25. Hah. Middle Atlantic, chietly 

 the eastern side. 



2. P. boresilis. Similar to P. Kuhli, but much larger. Wing, 14.50 inches ; tail, 0.50 ; 



culmen, 2.25 ; depth of bill through base, .75 ; tarsus, 2.2 : ; middle toe, 2.30. Hah, OIF 

 coa.st of Massachusetts. 

 6. Bill slender, the depth through, the base decidedly less than one third the total length ; 

 nostrils longitudinally oval, more horizonttd. 



3. P. major. Above, sooty grayish Itrown, the dorsal feathers with paler tips ; longer uiiper 



tiiil-coverts mostly white ; abdomen more or less clouded with smoky gray or grayish 

 brown; flanks and crissum chiefly grayish brown; l)ill dusky. Wing, 11.50-13.00 

 inches ; culmen, 1.80-1.85 ; depth of bill at base, .G0-.C5 ; tarsus, 2.20-2.25 ; middle 

 toe, 2.40-2.50. Hah. Atlantic Ocean generally. 



4. P. creatopuB. Above, sooty slate, the dtjrsid feathers with paler tips ; no white on upper 



tail-coverts ; malar region, sides of the throat, and sometimes the anal region, indistinctly 

 barred, or transversely spotted, with grayish ; flanks and crissum sooty grayish ; bill pnlu 



