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IL S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
Nectris, Bon. 
PUFFINUS FULIGINOSUS, Strickland. 
The Sooty Shearwater. 
Pvffinus fuliginosus, Strick. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, 129. 
Nedris fuliginosus , Bon. Cons. Av. II, 1856, 201. 
Pvffinus cinereus, DeKay, Nat. Hist. State N. Y,, Birds, 1844, 287; pi. csxxvi, fig. 298 .—Bon. Comptes Rendus, 
XLIII, 1856. 
Sr. Cii.—T he entire upper plumage is sooty brown ; wings and tail blackish brown ; under plumage pale brown ; bill and 
legs black. Bill more slender than that of P■ major. Length, 18 inches; wing, 12; bill along ridge, 1; from rictus, 2|; 
tarsus, 2| ; middle toe, 2|. 
Ilab. —Atlantic coast of the northern States. Banks of Newfoundland. 
Specimens in the cabinet of the Lyceum of Nat. History, N. Y. 
I have always been impressed with the opinion that this bird was not the young of P. major , 
hut a distinct species. 
Bonaparte, in Comptes Rendus, referred to above, states that M. Hardy, ornithologist of 
Dieppe, has compared a large number of specimens of P. major and P. fuliginosus of both 
sexes from the banks of Newfoundland, and is satisfied that there can be no doubt of their 
being specifically distinct. He says that being completely convinced of this, he has accordingly 
separated them. 
Puffinus, Linn. 
PUFFINUS ANGLORUM, Temm. 
The Blank’s Shearwater. 
“ Procellaria pvffinus, Linn., not of other authors.”—B on. 
Procellaria anglorum, Temm. Man. II, 1820, 806. 
Pvffinus anglorum, Ray, Synops. 1713,134.— Temm. Man. IV, 509.— Bonap. Syn. 1828, No. 312.— Nutt. Man. II, 
1834, 336.— Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 604 .—Ib. Birds Am. VII, 1844, 214 ; pi. cccclvii.— 
Bon. Cons. Avium, 1855, 203. 
“ Pvffinus ardicus, Faber.” 
Sp Cii.—E ntire upper plumage, wings, tail, and the tibial feathers, black ; primaries and secondaries black on the outer webs, 
dark ash on the inner; under parts white, sides of the neck and breast transversely barred with ash; bill brownish black; iris dark 
brown; tarsi and feet dull orange, with the hind part of tibia, the outer toe, and a portion of the next toe, dark brown; webs pale 
yellow ; claws brownish black. Length, 15 inches ; wing, 9^ ; tail, 3i ; bill, If ; tarsus, 1J§; middle toe and claw, 2fg. 
Hah .—Coast of New Jersey to Labrador. 
The above description is from a specimen belonging to Professor Baird, from Mr. Audubon’s 
collection. Said by Audubon to be “not uncommon off the coast of Maine during summer.” 
Much smaller than P. major , with the bill quite slender and the upper plumage black. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
Locality.. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
No. 
2725 
Atlantic ocean_ 
S. F. Baird..____ 
J. J. Audubon_ 
