PROCELLARIID^, PETRELS. GEN. 309-10. 331 



257. Puffinus kuhlii Bonap., Consp. Av. ii, 202; Coues, Proc. Phila. 



Acad. 1864, 128. (Proc. cinereus Gm. ?) kuhlii. 



-; y 7 Greater, or Wandering Shearwater. Dark bistre-brown, somewhat plum- 

 beous OQ the head, most feathers of the back and whigs with pale edges, most 

 upper tail coverts partly white; below, white, with a plain line of demar- 

 cation from the color of the upper parts ou tlio side of the head and fore neck, 

 and dark tlank patches; quills and tail blackish, paler or whitish at bases 

 of inner webs ; lining of wings mostly white ; crissum mostly dark ; bill 

 clarJc; outside of tarsi and outer toe dark, rest of feet pale. Length 18—20 ; 

 extent 45 ; wing 13 ; tail 5f , outer feathers an inch less ; bill 2 ; tarsus 2f ; 

 middle too and claw 2|. Whole Atlantic coast, abundant. P. cinereus Nott. , 

 ii, 334; Aud., vii, 212, pi. 456; P. major Lawr. in Bd., 833. . major. 



/-i^ C- Flesh-footed Shearwater. Similar to the last ; no white on upper or under 

 tail coverts or bases of quills ; bill yellowish flesh color, with dark tube, cul- 

 men and hook, short, very stout at l)ase, with turgid tube ; feet flesli color. 

 Size of the last, but bill only 1|, height or width at base nearly § ; tarsus 

 21 ; middle toe and claw 2%. San Nicholas Island, Gal. (No. 31,964, Mus. 

 Smiths. Inst.). A doubtful species ; I have little faith in its validit}^ but 

 cannot refer it to any species known to me ; it looks like one of the following 

 section (fl) passing to a bicolor plumage. Goues, ?. c. 131. . creatopus. 



6^ ^l Manlcs Shearwater. Blackish, this color extending below the ej'es, 

 leaving the under eyelid white ; under parts, including crissum and lining of 

 wings, white; bill greenish-black;- outside of foot mostly blackish, inner 

 side dingy orange ; about 15 ; extent 33 ; wing 9^ ; tail 4, graduated | ; bill 

 1^-1 J, but nearly ^ deep at base ; tarsus under 2 ; middle toe and claw 2 or 

 rather less. Very distinct from the rest. N. Atlantic Goast, common. 

 J NuTT., ii, 336; Aud., vii, 214, pi. 457 ; Lawr. in Bd., 834. anglorum. 

 '^'^' DusTcij Shearwater. Resembling the last, but rather grayish- or plum- 

 beous-black, the dark color not reaching below the eyes ; crissum mostly 

 ■white ; bill dark leaden-blue ; much smaller and otherwise distinct. Length 

 about a foot ; extent 26 inches ; wing 7J-8 ; tail 4J, graduated an inch ; bill 

 1^; tarsus If; middle toe and claw under 2. S. Atlantic Goast, as far as 

 the Middle States, common. Nutt., ii, 337; Aud., vii, 216, pi. 458; 

 Lawr. in Bd., 835 obscurus. 



(^.^ / Black-vented Shearwater. Like the last; crissum and lining of wings 

 mostly blackish ; sides of head dark below the eyes ; rather larger ; bill If ; 

 wing 9 ; tail 3|, thus shorter; tarsus IJ ; middle toe and claw 2J. Gape 

 St. Lucas (Nos. 16,990-1, Mus. Smiths. Inst.). Seems to be distinct from 

 the last, but may be the same as an exotic species of prior name. Goues, 

 Proc. Phila. Acad. 1864, 139 opisthomelas. 



ft Below, dark, much like the upper parts. 



Sooti/ Shearwater. Dark sooty brown, blackening ou the quills and tail, 

 paler and grayish below, usually with some whitish on the lining of the 

 wings ; bill dark ; feet dark outside, pale on the inner aspect. Length 18 ; 

 extent 40; wing 12; tail 4 ; bill lf-2 ; tarsus 2|^-2J ; middle toe and claw 



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