BIRDS OF BERMUDA. Pa (a 
Genus PUFFINUS, Briss. 
180. Puffinus major, Fab. Greater Shearwater. 
Pufinus major, Fab. 
Pufinus cinereus, Bp. 
Nectris cinerea, Keys. & Blas, 
Cymotomus arcticus, Macgil. 
Puffinus arcticus, Macgil. 
Ardenna major (Fab.), Reich. 
Procellaria major (Fab.), Schl. 
Pufinus obscurus, Hart. 
Length, 19; wing, 12.16; tail, 4.7; tarsus, 2.38; bill, 2.35. 
Hab.—Throughout the whole of the Atlantic Ocean, from the coasts 
of Greenland to the Cape of Good Hope and Tierra del Fuego (Dresser). 
Two obtained by Mr. Hurdis, on the 2d June, 1851; one picked up, 
unable to fly, in the road on the south side of Hamilton Harbor, and 
anotner caught alive in the water near the town of Hamilton. The 
former measured 19.2 inches in length, with an expanse of wings of 44 
inches ; the latter was an exact duplicate of it, according to Mr, Hurdis; 
there is no doubt that the birds belonged to this species, and not to the 
following one. 
181. Puffinus griseus, (Gm.) Finsch. Sooty Shearwater. 
Nectris fuliginosa, Solander. 
Procellaria grisea, Gro. 
Procellaria fuliginosa, Forst., Kuhl. 
Puffinus fuliginosus, Strick. 
Pufinus cinereus, Gould. 
Nectris fuliginosa, Keys. & Blas. 
Puffinus major, Temm. 
Procellaria tristis, Forst. 
Pufinus tristis (Forst.), Gray. 
Nectris amaurosoma, Coues. 
Puffinus amaurosoma (Coues), Gray. 
Pufinus griseus (Gm.), Finsch. 
Length, 16; wing, 11.85; tail, 3.7; tarsus, 2.22. 
Hab.—In the Atlantic from the coast of Greenland to the extreme 
south; in the Pacific from the coast of California down at least to Chili, 
and off the coast of New Zealand. (Dresser.) 
One specimen in Mr. Bartram’s collection obtained by himself. 
182. Puffinus anglorum, Temm. Manx Shearwater. 
Procellaria puffinus, Linn. 
Procellaria anglorum, Temm. 
Puffinus anglorum (Temm.), Boie. 
Puffinus arcticus, Faber. 
Procellaria yelkouan, Acerbi. 
Thalassidroma anglorum (Temm.), Sw. 
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