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  Puffinus 
  borealis 
  Cory 
  

   Cory 
  Shearwater 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  borealis 
  Corj^ 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  April 
  188 
  1. 
  6:84 
  

  

  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  88 
  

  

  puff'inus 
  from 
  Eng. 
  puffin; 
  bored' 
  lis, 
  Lat., 
  northern 
  

  

  Description. 
  Brownish 
  ash, 
  tipped 
  with 
  white 
  on 
  neck 
  and 
  upper 
  

   tail 
  coverts 
  ; 
  white 
  below 
  ; 
  under 
  eyelids 
  and 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  mostly 
  white 
  ; 
  

   bill 
  5^ellowish. 
  

  

  Length 
  20.5 
  inches; 
  wing 
  14.5; 
  tail 
  6.5; 
  bill 
  2.25; 
  depth 
  of 
  bill 
  .75; 
  

   tarsus 
  2.2 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.9. 
  

  

  The 
  Cory 
  shearwater 
  was 
  first 
  described 
  from 
  a 
  specimen 
  taken 
  on 
  Cape 
  

   Cod, 
  Chatham 
  Island, 
  October 
  11, 
  1880 
  [see 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  6: 
  84]. 
  Numerous 
  

   specimens 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Massachusetts 
  and 
  Long 
  

   Island. 
  From 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  September 
  till 
  November 
  1886, 
  this 
  Shear-. 
  

  

  Cory 
  shearwater. 
  Puffinus 
  borealis 
  Cory. 
  From 
  specimen 
  in 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  f 
  nat, 
  size 
  

  

  