﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  159 
  

  

  Sooty 
  shearwater. 
  Puffinus 
  griseus 
  Strickland. 
  From 
  specimen 
  in 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  

  

  History. 
  1 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  The 
  Sooty 
  shearwater, 
  or 
  Black 
  hagdon, 
  appears 
  off 
  our 
  coast 
  in 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  Greater 
  and 
  Cory 
  shearwaters, 
  but 
  is 
  less 
  common 
  

   than 
  Puffinus 
  major 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  agrees 
  in 
  habits. 
  At 
  a 
  distance, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Brewster, 
  "it 
  looks 
  as 
  black 
  as 
  a 
  crow," 
  and 
  hence 
  can 
  easily 
  

   be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  species. 
  This 
  bird 
  is 
  now 
  regarded 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  the 
  Old 
  World 
  species, 
  but 
  for 
  years 
  was 
  held 
  to 
  be 
  distinct. 
  

  

  