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THE TrilE-NOJED 5WIMMEUS — TUBINARE-S 



btv>ai:ht it down. The yacht w.i.* jnit about, .ml I wa.* on the point of bring hands on the prize, 

 when it juddciilv ?tivrte>l up. Mxd w;if ciie — miijh t.> my oh;vTTin. S.>ja. however. I *iiw a •iiiui- 

 l.ir one dyin,' aKnit in ci>mjKUiy with >«.-ver.il of the cotuiu vn Shearwater?. It presently Ciune 

 near, and w;»s ih'>t, provio;,' to be a Cor>*'s Shearwa;er. Tuij waa enoUijh to ketp me on the look- 

 out for morv ; ivud when aUut half w.iy in to land, an^'ther caiue r-.aling ;Uoni; over the w,u<.-r, 

 and Wiij aljc> stcurvrl. These wert .ill that I s^iw. i.>ne of the tishi-nut-n t-j whom I jhowc<i 

 the birvU rep-ortevl having sex-n a few othi-r? the r.tx: •\.\y. This, howivvr, may be oj>en to 5.)nie 

 doubt. 



** In habits they perfectly resemble the other species, but are re^vlily i.li?tiu^i«heil from P. miij-T 

 by their li;;hter colors and conspicuously Lin^? yellow bill. They ane very taiue, and when enga^l 

 in fe-^din,' may almost K' nui d.>»\Ti by a l«>at. Considenible itfort is shown in risin:; from the 

 water ; l>ut whi-n once a-«"iii.-, thvv tly with i.tvat s\vifaus.s. 



•• Nothing' is known .f them by the fishermt-U, who jHrhaj>s overlook them .iiui'iii; the thousands 

 of the othvr commiMur v.uii-ties. SjK-cimeus were first tiikt-n by Mr. Ch.irks CC'^ry in nearly the 

 siuue locality whert mine were capturx-d, and were des*.'ri'L<\l by him in the "Bulletin' of Apnl. 

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Pnffinns major. 



TEE GREATEB SHZABWATTB. 



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Prxtlltirut pu^HHs, KvHU IVi:r. Z'X>I. l>-2'>, H^. vl. 1!, fig. 1<.« (not of Bp.rvN, ir'>4). 



Pujinu-f ni'tj-'r, Fabfk. Troir. IsL Orn. l>2i. oo. — B-nap. L'onsp. II. I'?."'?, '^si. — Laws, in Baini's 

 B. N. .\ra. ls;.>, J33. — BAtr.r, t..i:. N. Xn\. B. 1^59. no. ^47. — (-'ort*. Key. 1?:^ 331 ; Check 

 List, 1;T3, DO. Si*" ; fl. Z, \ii2, no. >3i — Kipow. Nom. X. Am. B. 1»*1, no. Toy. 



P'.!f!".'A.t •iR^ri'u.*, Ik'.NAF. Svnojx. ISis, 370, no. 311 (not of <.'rviF.r.. ti KruL). — N'rrr. Miu. II. 

 1J3*, 334. — Xiro. Orn. Biv^g. III. iS35. iJi .: B. Am. VII. 1544. ili, p!. 4:.'>. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean generally, but more 'particularly north of the eip.i.itor : vvath to Caj»e of 



Gi>xl H'j'e ;uid C'a['^ Horn. 



Sf. Char. A'i'di .• Pikuiu. down t>: bel- w the eye*. ;uid upjier parts ^^nenlly, s<X'ty ir.iv- 



Lsh brown, the firvt uniform, but t\e fi^tr.er*'of the lack, rump, the s,:apulars, wing-coverts, ai.l 



upper lail-coverts with considerably lighter 

 . tenuin.»l inar_-ins ; najv tighter gniyish brv>wn 

 than the pileum : primaries and tail unifonii 

 dusky : lon^j^-r upper tail-coverts mostly 

 wliite. thvir Kises irrvcularly n\arkevl wi'.h 

 grayish bpiwn. Lower p;irt.s white, the ,il- 

 d'lnien more or less cloudeil with light gray- 

 ish bniwn. the sides invgularly, but sp:\rsvly, 

 niarkeii with a darker sha.le of the s;une, the- 

 tlanks and crissum nearly uniform grayi'h 

 bnnvn (s<imetimes much mi.xetl with white). 

 Bill bn:iwnish dusky : Iv^s and feet jvUv 

 brownish, in the drievl skin, the outer side 

 of the tarsus and outer tix> dusky.* 



Wing. 11 *x^l3.iXi inches ; culnun. l.'^"- 

 1.S5; depth of bill through Vvi.se, .fxi-.ts^ ; 

 tarsujs 2.2t^2.25 ; middle tiv, 2.4iV2.50. 



S{x?cinu-ns fn'm Ixnh sides of »he North 

 .\tlantic .ire quite idontic-.il, and we can 

 discover nothing j^vuliar in .in exanipl' 

 (N... 15541: T. R. Peale) fn.im Tienn dvl 

 Fuego. 



' " Bill vellowish gr^en, th'- tips bn->wni>h I'.i^ k, tinc»Hi with gr^-eu. F.Jgvs of oyelids dark gray; '.r:- 

 brown. Feet light grvenish gray, »el<s and claws ydlowuh flesh-color" (.\i'DI"Bo.n;, 



