GENERAL ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 87 



Puffinus griseus (Gmel.), Putfinus gavia (Forst.) and Ster- 

 coiririus pomarinns (Temm.) ON the Coast of California. 



By W. E. Bryant. 



A specimen of Piitjinas griseus, now in the collection of 

 the California Academy of Sciences (No. 340) was washed 

 ashore near San Francisco in 1887. This species has not 

 been previously known from Pacific Ocean. Dr. Cooper 

 mentions- a blackish species, found by him on the coast of 

 California, and supposed to be the young of P. cveatopus, 

 with which it was associated. The bird in question has 

 been identified by Mr. Ridgway. 



The Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus gavia) has been 

 known from the Pacific Coast only from two specimens 

 taken at Cape St. Lucus by Mr. John Xantus, and a single 

 bird found by myself on Guadalupe Island, Lower Cali- 

 fornia. Mr. E. C. McGregor found one dead upon the beach 

 at Santa Cruz, Cal., Oct. 17, 1888, (No. 319, ? , coll. E. C 

 McG.) It will probably be taken on the coast of Califor- 

 nia much farther north. 



In the collection of the California A^cademy of Sciences 

 is a specimen of the Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius poma- 

 riiius), No. 341, which was found on the ocean beach, 

 San Francisco, after a heavy storm in 1887. The only no- 

 tice I find of its occurrence on the Pacific Coast is of 

 a single bird taken by Mr. Elliott on the Pribylof Group, 

 Alaska. 



Notes on the Occurrence of Fregata aquila, Clangula 

 hyemalis and Oceanodroma furcata ON the coast of 

 Northern California. 



By T. S. Palmer. 



During a short stay in Eureka, this spring, I had the 

 pleasure of examining the collection of mounted birds be- 

 longing to Mr. Chas. Fiebig of that city. Mr. Fiebig has 

 kindly furnished me with the data concerning the following- 

 species : 



* Ank, VoL III., p. 125. 



