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SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS. 



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88. PnlBniUI borealls Con/. Cory's Shearwater, ylt^.— Upper 

 parts u-shy fusoous, wings uMtl tail darker; sides of head and neck slightly 

 lighter; under parts white, sonietiincs washed with grayish on the breast; 

 under wing-eoverts and under tail-coverts whitt, the latter more or less mot- 

 tled with gravish ; hill yellowish. L., 21-0(>; W., 14-00; Tar., '2-20; H., 210. 



Kantje.— \nown us yet only off the Atlantic coast I'rom Massachusetts to 

 Long Island. 



Long Island, uncommon from Aug. to Oct. 



iVe*< an<l e<j<j8 unknown. 



Cory's Shearwater has been found as a not uncommon summer 

 visitant off the coast of Massachusetts, but its range is unknown. 



80* Pufflnus major Faher. Gkkater Siieakwateu ; IlAonov. Ad. 

 — Upper parts fuseous, wings and tail slightly tlarker ; longer upper tail- 

 coverts tijiped with whi' " h ; under parts white ; helly more or less lushy gray ; 

 under tail-covertu ashy iji<iy ; bill blackisli. L., 2000 ; W., 12-25 ; Tar., 220; 

 B., 1-85. 



liange. — "Atlantic Ocean, south to Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope" 

 (A. O. L'.); north to Greenland. 



Long Island, uncommon in summer. 



Aest and ttj(jK unknown. 



'•The long, narrow wings are set stiffly at right angles with the 

 body, and tlie bird frequently glides half a mile at a time without 

 mo\ing them perceptibly. It usually follows a direct cour-JC, and in- 

 variably skims close over the waves. I know of no other sea bird 

 whose movements are as easy and graceful. Indeed, at times, espe- 

 cially during a gale, its evolutions will compare in grace and spirit 

 with those of the Mississippi or Swallow-tailed Kites" (Brewster). 



Manx's Smeauwater (90. PajfiniLi niiJfim/K) resembles the next in color, 

 but is larger. W., 8-r)0-!l-25 ; B., l-3ri-l-4u ; depth of B. through base, •40--45 ; 

 Tar., l-70-l'80 " (B., B.. and R.). It is a European sjiecies of exceedingly rare 

 or accidental occurrence on the North Atlantic coast. 



92. PuiBnus auduboni Finsch. Ai'dibon-'s Shearwater. Ad. — 

 Upper parts, wings, and tail dark, sooty, brownish black ; under j)arts white; 

 sides of the breast grayish ; a patch on the Hanks and under tail-coverts sooty 

 brownish bhick ; inner side of tarsi yellowish, outer brownish ; bill blackish. 

 L., 12-00; W., 800; Tar., 1-GO; B., 1-20. 



lianije. — Warmer parts of the Atlantic, north rarely to Long Island ; breeds 

 in the Antilles and Bahamas, but not, so far as known, on our coasts. 



Long Island, A. V., one record. 



Ne»t., of a few bits of sticks in a hole in the rocks. Fgg., one, clialky 

 white, 20,") X 1-40. 



An abundant West Indian species which breeds in the Bahamas 

 ind Antilles, and is doubtless not uncommon oil our bouthern coasts. 



