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FAQ SYNOPSIS OF 
GENUS VIIl.—PUFFINUS, Briss. -SHEARWATER. 
464, Puffinus cinereus, Lath. — Wandering Shearwater. 
Bill, yellowish green; tip, brownish black; feet, light greenis! gray ; 
webs and claws, yellowish flesh color; upper parts, deep brown; hind 
neck, paler, tinged with gray ;’ primary quills and tail, brownish black ; 
lower parts, grayish white; lower wing-coverts, white, grayish brown 
towards the end: lower tail-coverts, similar. Male, 20, 45. Habitat, the 
Atlantic coast and ocean. ie 
Puffinus cinereus, Bonap. Syn. p. 370. Mutt. ii. 334. Mud, iii, 555; plate 283; 
Syn. p. 338, 
465. Puffinus Anglorum, Ray. — Manks Shearwater. 
Bill, deep greenish black; inner and middle of outer side of tibia, dull 
orange ; rest, greenish black ; upper parts, brownish black; lower, white. 
Adult, 15, 32. Habitat, from Maine north. Wreeds in burrows. Egg, 
single, white. 
Puffinus Anglorum, Bonap. Syn. p. 371. Nutt. 1 336. Aud. iii. 604; plate 295; 
Syn. p. 338. 
466, Puffinus obscurus, Lath.—'Dusky Shearwater. 
Bill, light blue; tips, black ; outside of tarsus and toes, indigo black ; 
inside and webs, pale yellowish flesh color; upper parts, sooty black ; 
lower, white. Male, 11,26. Habitat, along the Atlantic coast and Gulf 
of Mexico. 
‘Puffinus obscurus, Bonap. Syn. p. 371. Nutt. ii. 337, Aud. iii. 620; plate 299; 
Syn. p. 339. 
GENUS VII.—THALASIDROMA, Vigors.— PETREL. 
467. Thalasidroma Leachii, Temm. — Leach’s Petrel. 
Bill and feet, black; plumage, dark grayish brown; quills and tail, 
brownish black; smaller wing-coverts and inner secondaries, light grayish 
brown; rump, sides of abdomen, and outer lower tail-coverts, white ; 
upper tail-coverts also white, but with a black terminal band. Male, 
2, 185. Habitat, from Massachusetts to Newfoundland. Nests in holes 
in rocks. Egg, single, white. ° 
Thalisidroma Leachii, Bonap. Syn. p. 367. Nutt. ii. 326. Aud. iii. 434; plate 
260; Syn. p. 340. F : 
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468. Thalasidroma Wilsenii, Bonap.— Mother Carey’s Chicken, 
Wilson, p. 517. 
~ Thalasidroma Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 367. Mutt. ii. 322. Aud. iii. 4865 v. 645; 
plate 270; Syn. p. 340. 
469, Thalasidroma pelagica, Zinn. — Least Petrel. 
Bill and feet, black ; general color of upper parts, grayish black, with 
a tinge of brown; lower parts, sooty brown ; secondary coverts, margined 
externally with dull grayish white; feathers of rump and upper tail-cov- 
erts, white ; latter, tipped with black. Male, 53,134. Habitat, Banks of 
Newfoundland. 
