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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  Iherminieri 
  Lesson 
  

  

  Audubon 
  Shearwater 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  Iherminieri 
  Lesson. 
  Rev. 
  Zool. 
  April 
  1839. 
  

   Puffinus 
  obscurus 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  

   Puffinus 
  auduboni 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Cheek 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  

  

  102 
  

  

  288, 
  fig. 
  294 
  

   92 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  Iherminieri, 
  of 
  Felix 
  Louis 
  L'Herminier 
  

  

  Description. 
  Above 
  dark 
  brownish 
  black, 
  white 
  below, 
  marked 
  with 
  

   blackish 
  on 
  flanks 
  and 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts; 
  bill 
  dull 
  leaden 
  blue, 
  blackish 
  

  

  at 
  tip; 
  webs 
  and 
  inside 
  of 
  tarsi 
  yellowish, 
  

   outer 
  sides 
  brownish. 
  

  

  Length 
  11-12 
  inches; 
  extent 
  26; 
  

   wing 
  7 
  . 
  5-8 
  ; 
  tail 
  4.25, 
  graduated 
  one 
  inch 
  ; 
  

   bill 
  1.25; 
  depth 
  of 
  bill 
  .4; 
  gape 
  1.7; 
  

   tarsus 
  T.6; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  1.8. 
  

  

  The 
  Audubon 
  shearwater, 
  also 
  called 
  

   Dusky 
  and 
  Little 
  Shearwater, 
  is 
  a 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  species 
  and 
  rareh^ 
  visits 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   this 
  State. 
  The 
  onl}^ 
  recent 
  record 
  is 
  of 
  

   a 
  specimen 
  taken 
  in 
  Great 
  South 
  bay, 
  

  

  Audubon 
  shearwater. 
  Puffinusllierminieri 
  ., 
  -nn 
  ,t 
  t 
  a 
  j_ 
  no 
  

  

  Lesson. 
  From 
  specimen 
  in 
  Stale 
  Museum, 
  i 
  nat. 
  OppOSltC 
  LJelipOrt, 
  i^. 
  1., 
  AUgUSt 
  I, 
  1887 
  

  

  [5(?^ 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  5:173]. 
  

   "Its 
  flight, 
  low 
  over 
  the 
  v\"ater, 
  is 
  strong 
  and 
  swift, 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  rapid 
  

   wing 
  beats 
  being 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  short 
  sail." 
  [Chapman]. 
  According 
  to 
  

   Giraud 
  and 
  DeKa}' 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  occasional 
  straggler 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  griseus 
  (Gmelin) 
  

   Sooty 
  Shearwater 
  

  

  Porcellaria 
  grisea 
  Gmelin. 
  Systema 
  Naturae. 
  1788. 
  i: 
  564 
  

   Puffinus 
  stricklandi 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  94 
  

  

  gri'sens, 
  Lat., 
  dark 
  

  

  Description. 
  Sooty 
  black; 
  under 
  parts 
  slightly 
  grayish; 
  bill 
  and 
  eye 
  

   blackisll. 
  

  

  Length 
  16-18 
  inches; 
  extent 
  40; 
  wing 
  11. 
  5- 
  12; 
  tail 
  4; 
  bill 
  1.75-2; 
  gape 
  

   2.33; 
  tarsus 
  2.25; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.5. 
  

  

  