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PUFFINUS GKISEUS. 



(SOOTY SHEARWATER.) 



Nectris fuliginosa, Solander, MS. ; Parkinson, Icon. ined. no. 23. 



Grey Petrel, Lath. Syn. iii. p. 399 (1785). 



Procellaria grisea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 564 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Procellaria fuliginosa, G. Forst. Icon. ined. no. 94. 



Procellaria fuliginosa, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. Procellar. p. 148. no. 27 (1820). 



Puffinus fuliginosus, Strickl. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 129. 



Puffinus cinereus ?, Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 445. fig. 2 (1838, nee Gmel.). 



Nectris fuliginosa (Strickl.), Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 94 (1840). 



Puffinus major S, Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 508 (1840, nee Fab.). 



Procellaria tristis, J. R. Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 23 (1844). 



Puffinus tristis (Forst.), Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 244. 



Nectris amaurosoma, Coues, Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 124. 



Puffinus amaurosoma (Coues), G. R. Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 102 (1871). 



Puffinus griseus (Gm.), Finsch, J. f. Orn. 1874, p. 209. 



Puffinus griseus (Gm.), O. Salv. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. pt. iv. p. 236 (1876). 



KaJcordlungnak, Greenlandic. 



Figures notabiles. 

 Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 445. fig. 2 ; Yarrell, Brit. B. iii. pi. on p. 647. upper fig.; Smith, 111. 

 Zool. S. Afr. Aves, pi. 56. 



Ad. supra fuliginoso-fuscus, dorsi plumis vix pallidiore marginatis : subtus pallidior et griseo tinctus, mento 

 et gula griseo-cinereis : subalaribus albis vis griseo tinctis et fuseo marmoratis, scapis fuscis : alis et 

 cauda nigro-fuscis : rostro nigro-fusco, ad basin pallidiore : pedibus extus nigricantibus, intus et 

 membrana natatoria sordide ochraceo-fuscis : iride fusea. 



Adult (Plymouth Sound). Upper parts deep fuliginous brown with a chocolate tinge, the feathers on the 

 back with slightly lighter edges ; underparts lighter than the upper parts, being fuliginous brown with 

 a greyish tinge; the chin and upper throat much lighter, being dull ashy grey; under wing-coverts 

 white with a greyish tinge and marbled with brown, the shafts of the feathers dark brown ; wings 

 and tail blackish brown ; bill brownish black, somewhat lighter on the edge of the lower mandible ; 

 outer portion of the tarsus and outer toe blackish brown, the rest of the legs and the webs dull 

 brownish ochreous; iris deep brown. Total length about 16 inches, gape 2-25, wing 11-85, tail 37, 

 tarsus 2-22, middle toe 2-8. 



Tins dark fuliginous Shearwater has for long been known to occur on the coasts of Great Britain ; 

 but it has been confused with Puffinus major, of which it has been supposed to be the female or 



