AESTEELATA HCESITATA. 
NORTHERN FULMAR 
PROOELLARIA HESITATA. Kuiil. Mon. Proc. Beit. Zool. (1820), p. 142, No. 11. Temm. Plan. Color., No. 416. Newton. Zool. 
(1852), p. 3691. Schleg. Mon. Proc. Mus. Pays-Bas, (1863), p. 13. 
PROOELLARIA MERIDIONALIS. Lawk. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. (1848), p. 475. Id. (1852), p. 220, PI. XV. Id. B. N. Am. (1858), p. 827. 
FULMARUS MERIDIONALIS. Lawk. Bon. Compt. Rend. 1855. 
AESTRELATA DIABOLIOA. Bonk. Consp. Gen. Ay., Yol. II. (1855), p. 89. 
AESTRELATA HCESITATA. Coues. Mon. Procell. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. (1866), p. 139. 
Much confusion has existed in the nomenclature of this species, as a glauce at the above list of synonyms will prove, although those 
given are only a few taken from the many names bestowed at various times upon this luckless bird. For a full elucidation of its bib- 
liography and synonomy, I would refer such of my readers who may desire to investigate the matter to Prof. Neavton’s paper in the 
“ Zoologist/’ and to Dr. Coues’ “ Monograph ” in the “ Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy,” in both of which the subject is fully treated. 
This bird inhabits the Atlantic Ocean, and appears at times upon the_ coasts of America and Europe. Its proper home is on the 
Avaves, Avhere it subsists, like so many of its relatives, by seizing upon whatever eatables it may find floating on the watei’s. It is a well- 
marked bird, and one Avould suppose not very likely to be confounded with any other species of Petrel. 
Top of head and occiput dark broAvn ; forehead, lores, and sides of head Avhite. Back dark -brown, some of the feathers having ashy 
margins. Primaries and Avings blackish broAvn. Upper tail coverts Avhite. Tail brownish black, basal half Avhite. Entire under parts pure 
Avhite. Bill black. Tarsi flesh-color. Toes flesh-color at the base, remainder, Avith claws, black. The figure is life-size. 
PRIOEINUS 
CINEREUS. 
CINEREOUS PUFFIN. 
PROOELLARIA CIHEREA. Ga IE l. Syst. Nat., Yol. I. (1788), p. 563. 
PROOELLARIA HESITATA. Forst. Descript. Auim., ed. Licht. (1844), p. 208. Gould. B. of Aust., Yol. VII., PI. XL VII. 
PUFFINUS HESITATUS. Lawk. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. (1853), Yol. VI., p. 5. 
ADAMASTOR TYPUS. Boxr. Consp. Av. (1856), Yol. II., p. 187. 
PROOELLARIA ADAMASTOR. Schleg. Monog. Proc. Mus. Pays-Bas. (1863), p. 25. 
ADAMASTOR CINEREA. Gould. Hand-Book B. of Aust., Yol. II., p. 446. Coues. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. (1844), p. 119. 
PRIOFINUS CINEREUS. Coues. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. (1866), p. 192. 
PUFFINUS CINEREUS. Lawk. B. N. Am. (1858), p. S35. 
This species has a very wide range, having been obtained on the Coast of California, and is also found on the shores of the distant 
continent of Australia. The following accounts I extract from Gould’s Hand-Book on the Birds of Australia. He says that “its powers 
of flight are very great, and in its passage over the ocean it often mounts higher in the air than most other members of the group, 
and descends again with the utmost eagerness to seize any fat substance thrown overboard. Its action and flight differ slightly from 
those of the other Petrels, and more closely resemble those of the Albatrosses.” 
“ This bird,” says Capt. Hutton, “ combines the appearance of a Procellaria 'with some of the habits of a Puffinus. Its feathers fit 
very close, and have a glossy look. Like all other Petrels, it flies with its legs stretched out straight behind, and as they are rather long, 
they make the tail appear forked. Its cry is something like the bleating of a lamb. It is very common at sea from May to August, 
