﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  157 
  

  

  The 
  Greater 
  shearwater, 
  Wandering 
  shearwater 
  and 
  Cinereus 
  puffin 
  

   of 
  Giraud 
  and 
  DeKa}', 
  is 
  recorded 
  as 
  a 
  rare 
  visitant 
  to 
  our 
  shores 
  by 
  those 
  

   earl}- 
  ^^•riters. 
  Chapman 
  calls 
  it 
  irregularly 
  common 
  from 
  early 
  June 
  till 
  

   November. 
  Dutcher 
  calls 
  it 
  "uncommon 
  in 
  summer," 
  his 
  onlv 
  New 
  York 
  

   specimens 
  (2) 
  being 
  from 
  Gardiners 
  bay, 
  August 
  1884. 
  

  

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

   and 
  the 
  bird 
  frequently 
  glides 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  without 
  moving 
  them 
  

   perceptibly. 
  It 
  usually 
  follows 
  a 
  direct 
  course, 
  and 
  invariably 
  skims 
  over 
  

   the 
  waves. 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  other 
  sea 
  bird 
  whose 
  movements 
  are 
  as 
  easy 
  and 
  

   graceful. 
  [Brewster] 
  

  

  Greater 
  shearwater. 
  Puffinus 
  gravis 
  (O'Reilly). 
  From 
  specimen 
  in 
  State 
  Museum, 
  i 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  puffinus 
  (Brunnich) 
  

   Aianx 
  Shearwater 
  

  

  Procellaria 
  puffinus 
  Brunnich. 
  Ornith. 
  Borealis. 
  1764. 
  p- 
  29 
  

   Puffinus 
  puffinus 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  (go) 
  

  

  In 
  color 
  similar 
  to 
  Audubon 
  shearwater. 
  

  

  Length 
  13. 
  5-15 
  inches; 
  extent 
  30-33; 
  wing 
  8.73-9.25, 
  tail 
  3.1, 
  graduated 
  .75; 
  bill 
  1.4; 
  depth 
  of 
  

   bill 
  .45; 
  gape 
  2.1; 
  tarsus 
  1.8. 
  

  

  The 
  Manx 
  shearwater 
  is 
  of 
  rare, 
  or 
  accidental 
  occurrence, 
  in 
  North 
  America. 
  Giraud 
  and 
  Lawrence 
  

   recorded 
  it 
  from 
  Long 
  Island, 
  but 
  as 
  no 
  specimens 
  from 
  that 
  locality 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  their 
  collec- 
  

   tions, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  their 
  records 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  species. 
  

  

  