742 SYNOPSIS OF 
GENUS VIl.—PUFFINUS, Briss.— SHEARWATER. 
464. Puffinus cinereus, Lath. — Wandering Shearwater. 
Bill, yellowish green; tip, brownish black; feet, light greenisl 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. ; ' 
Puffinus cinereus, Bonap. Syn. p. 370. Nutt. ii. 334. “Aud, iii, 555; plate 2833 
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. Breeds in burrows. Egg, 
single, white. ‘ , : : 
Puffinus Anglorum, Bonap. Syn. p. 371. Mutt. ii. 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. Mutt. ii. 337. Aud. iii, 620; plate 299; 
Syn. p. 339. 
GENUS VIII.—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 aad 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, 
8, 184. Habitat, from Massachusetts to Newfoundland. Nests in holes 
in rocks. Egg, single, white. ; 
Thalasidroma Leachii, Bonap. Syn. p. 367. Nutt. ii, 326. Mud. iii. 434; plate 
260; Syn. p. 340. 
468. Thalasidroma Wilsonii, Bonap. — Mother Carey’s Chicken, 
Wilson, p. 517. a : 
Thalasidroma Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 367. Nutt. ii. 322. Aud. iii. 486; v. 645; 
Plate 270; Syn. p. 340. . 
469. ThaldSidroma pelagica, Linn. — 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. ; 
