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NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 
This large Puffin, or Wandering Shearwater, occurs all over the ocean, but is most 
abundant on the banks of Newfoundland, and is occasionally captured on the coast of this 
State. It has been observed from Mexico to Newfoundland, and is common to Europe and 
America. Its history is incomplete. 
THE LITTLE SHEARWATER. 
PUFFINUS OBSCURUS. 
PLATE CXXXIV. FIG. 294. 
(CABINET OF THE LYCEUM.) 
Procellaria obscura . TEMMINCK, Man. Om. Vol. 2, p. 808. 
Puffinus obscurus. Griffith, Cuv. R&gne An. Vol. 8, p. 569. Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. Vol 2, p. 371. 
P. id,, Dusky Petrel. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 336. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 7, p. 216, pi. 458 (male). 
Characteristics. Brown ; beneath white. Wings shorter than the tail. Tarsus 1 * 5. 
Length, 11 • 0. 
Description. Bill slender, with the nasal tubes distinct, 1 • 2 long. Tarsus acutely com¬ 
pressed, robust. Hind nail small, conical, inserted 0*3 above the lower end of the tarsus. 
Wings curved towards their tips. Tail graduated; the outer feather being O'8 shorter than 
the central pair. 
Color. Uniform dusky brown above. Cheeks, eyelids, sides of the neck, and beneath 
white : a dusky patch on the sides of the breast. Under tail-coverts and lateral rump-feathers 
dusky ; posterior edge of the tarsus and outer toe dusky; remaining parts yellowish. 
Length, 10*0-11'0. 
This little Shearwater resembles so entirely the young of the preceding in miniature, that 
with the exception of the dimensions and the uniform color of the back, the same description 
would nearly apply to both. Found from the coast of Mexico northwardly to New-York. 
Common to Europe and America. Its history incomplete. 
