. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. P '.OCELLARIID.'E â THE PETRELS - PUFFINUS. 387 roel1. 458. 50. â Ciiris, eil. 2, 188J. 712. Hab. Waiiuer parts of tlie Atlantic Ocean; north, casually, to New Jersey ; accidental in Euri)i)e. Sp. Char. Adult: Above, uniform ; lower parts, including lower half of the , .'iuborljital region, auriculars, sides of the neck, and under surface of the wing white, the auricular re,;;ion clouded witli grayish dusky ; sides ol' the breast dusky grayish ; feinorals and outer webs of
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. P '.OCELLARIID.'E â THE PETRELS - PUFFINUS. 387 roel1. 458. 50. â Ciiris, eil. 2, 188J. 712. Hab. Waiiuer parts of tlie Atlantic Ocean; north, casually, to New Jersey ; accidental in Euri)i)e. Sp. Char. Adult: Above, uniform ; lower parts, including lower half of the , .'iuborljital region, auriculars, sides of the neck, and under surface of the wing white, the auricular re,;;ion clouded witli grayish dusky ; sides ol' the breast dusky grayish ; feinorals and outer webs of lateral l')wer tail-coverts (sonietiuies nearly whole crissuni) iuliginous-dusky. " Bill light blue, the tips black, mouth light blue ; edges of eyeliils light blue, iris bluish black ; outside. of tarsus and toes indigo-black, inside and webs pale-yellowish , claws bluish black " (Audubon). Downy ynumj: Side of head and neck, with throat and chin, naked, or with very minute and scant downy flecks, these more conspicuous along the middle line of the throat. Ilest (jf the head, neck, and body covered with a smoky-gray down, this shorter and denser on tlie lower part.^, where paler or grayish white along the middle line ; looser and longer on the head and neck iiliove, and back. Bill and feet colored as in the adult. (Described from No. 80980, Saba, W. I. ; I'. A. Ober.) Total length, about inches ; extent, ; wing, ; culmen, ; depth of bill through base, .35 ; tarsus, ; middle toe, According to Dr. Finsch (1. c ), the Ptiffinus ohscurm (Gmkl.) is a Pacific Ocean species, dis- tinguished by its white under tail-coverts, larger size, and by the white on the side of tlie head, covering the loral and auricular regions. It is not unlikely that true P. ohscurtis occurs as an accidental or occasional visitor, since Latham (" ; III. pt. 2, p. 417) mentions a specimen " in the Leverian Museum
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