BIRDS—PROCELLARINAE-PUFFINUS MAJOR. 
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Upper plumage black, under surface white ; bill brownish black ; tail black, rounded ; 
legs and feet dull orange ; the hind part of tibia, the outer toe and part of the next, 
dark brown ; webs pale... P. anglorum. 
Upper plumage black, lower parts white ; bill pale blue black at tip ; tail black, short 
and rounded ; tarsi and toes on the outside bluish black, on the inside and webs pale 
yellowish flesh color. P. obscurus. 
Upper plumage lead colored gray, below white; bill yellowish, with the culmen and 
groove on the under mandible black ; tail brownish black, graduated ; tarsi and feet 
yellow, having the hind part of tarsi and outer toes brown. Type of Priofinus , Homb. 
et Jacqp.. P. cinereus. 
Ardenna, Reich. 
PUFFINUS MAJOR, (Faber.) 
The Greater Shearwater. 
Procellaria pvffinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 213. 
Procellaria major, F aber, Prod. Isl. Orn. 1822,56. 
Pvffinus major, Ron. Cons. Avium. 1855, 203. 
Pvffinus cinereus, Bon. Syn. 1828, No. 311. — Nutt. Man. II, 1834, 334.— Aud. Orn. Biog. 111,1835,555. — Ib. 
Birds Am. VII, 1844, 212 ; pi. cccclvi. 
Sp. Ch.— Adult. Head above, cheeks, occiput, a narrow line on the nape and upper part of back, brownish ash, paler on the 
hind neck ; feathers of the back with lighter margins ; lower part of back dark brown ; upper tail coverts of the same color, 
terminating broadly with grayish white ; primaries and tail brownish black, the former white on the basal part of the inner 
webs ; secondaries and tertiaries dark brown, the secondaries white on their inner webs nearly to the end ; wing coverts ashy 
brown with lighter margins ; under plumage pure white, the neck nearly encircled with white ; sides of the neck anterior to 
the bend of the wings marked with waving lines of pale ash ; some distinct spots on the side of the breast and sides of the body 
at the junction of the tail brownish ash ; lower tail coverts dark ash, with light gray edgings ; bill yellowish green, the tip g 
brownish black ; iris brown ; tarsi and feet livid yellow, with the outer toe and the hind part of the tarsus brownish ; claws 
yellowish. Length about 20 inches; wing, 13 j ; tail, 5 ; bill, 2j ; tarsus, 2j ; middle toe and nail, 2-J. 
Hab. —Atlantic ocean. Florida coast to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
This species has been described by most ornithological writers as the P. cinereus of Gmelin. 
It is quite abundant off our northern coast, and may be known from P. anglorum by its 
larger size and the light brown color of its upper plumage. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Original 
No. 
Collected by— 
2025 
Atlantic ocean_ 
S. F. Baird. 
J. J. Audubon .. 
Atlantic coast of New York. 
Geo. N. Lawrence . 
1021 
105 b 
August 23, 1858. 
