PROCELLARIN^. PROCELLARIA. 
sides sloping outwards, the edges sharp and inflected, the 
unguis decurved, acute. Head rather large, oblong ; neck 
rather short ; body moderate. Feet rather large ; tibia bare 
for a short space below ; tarsus of moderate length, com- 
pressed, reticulated with angular scales ; hind toe obsolete, 
but with a small conical deflected claw ; fore toes long, 
slender, connected by webs ; outer toe slightly longer than 
third. Claws arched, compressed, acute. Plumage full, 
close, elastic, rather compact above. Wings very long, nar- 
row, the first quill longest. Tail of moderate length, gra- 
duated, of twelve rounded feathers. 
464. 1. Puffinus cinereus, Lath. Wandering Shearwater. 
Plate CCLXXXIII. Male. 
Bill yellowish-green, with the tips brownish-black ; feet light green- 
ish-grey, webs and claws yellowish flesh-colour ; upper parts deep 
brown, the hind neck paler, and tinged with grey ; primary quills and 
tail brownish-black; lower parts greyish- white, lower wing-coverts 
white, those next the edge of the wing greyish-black towards the end, 
axillary feathers white, greyish-brown toward the end, lower tail- 
coverts similar. 
Male, 20, 45. 
Common off the shores, from the Gulf of St Lawrence to that of 
Mexico. Abundant off Nova Scotia. Ranges to a great distance at 
sea in autumn and winter, 
Puffinus cinereus, Bonap. Syn. j). 370. 
Cinereous Puffin, Ndtt. Man. v. ii. p. 334. 
Wandering Shearwater, Puffinus cinereus, Ann. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 555. 
465. 2. Puffinus Angiorum, Ray. Manks Shearwater. 
PLATE ccxcv. 
Bill deep greenish-black ; inner and middle of outer side of tibia dull 
orange, the rest greenish-black, as are the fourth toe and outer side of 
the third, the inner side of the latter and the whole of the second 
dull orange, webs pale yellow ; upper parts brownish-black, lower 
white. 
Adult, 15, 82. 
Not uncommon off the coast of Maine during summer. Breeds on 
Sable Island, off Nova Scotia. Ranges, at times, to great distances 
seaward. 
