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PALMIPEDES. 



Family PROCELLARIID^. f Bonaparte.) 



Genus PuFFiNUS. fBrisson.J 



AECTIC 

 CINEREOUS SHEAEWATER. 



Piiffinus major. 



Puffinus major, Pabee; Prodromus der Island, 1822, 



" " Temminck; Manuel, vol. iv, p. 507, 



1840. 

 " cinereus, Audubon; Nee Auct. 



Puffin cendrS Arctique, Of the Fkench. 



Grosser Grauer Puffin, Of the Geemans. 



Specific Characters. — Head and scapularies of the same dark 

 brown as the wings; nape light grey, forming a kind of collar; 

 throat and sides of neck pure white. Length of dry skin from 

 end of beak to tip of tail nineteen inches; carpus to tip of 

 wing twelve inches and a half; beak from gape two inches; 

 tubular nostrils half an inch; tarsi two inches; middle toe and 

 claw three inches. 



This Arctic species whicli, according to Yarrell, has 

 been taken in the British Isles, I introduce here for 

 the purpose of comparison with the Algerian species 

 last noticed. They are very distinct, and must not. 



