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XoKTn American Birds Eggs. 



92. Audubon Shearwater. I'liffiiiKs Ihrrwinirri. 



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Hange. 



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— .Miihlle Athintic, raiiging north in hite summer to Long Island, 

 rd, having a length of liut twelve inches, is the smallest of the Shear- 

 und along our coasts. Large colonies (jf them hreed on some of the 



the small islands and keys of the West 

 Indies and Bahamas, and not so com- 

 monly in the Bermudas. Their eggs, 

 which are pure white, are deposited at the 

 end of burrows dug hy the birds. Size 

 of egg 2. X 1.35. Their nesting season 

 commences about the latter part of March 

 j and continues through April and May. 

 After the young are able to Hy, like other 

 members of the family, the birds become 

 ocean wanderers anil stray north to 

 southern New England. Data.— Bahamas, 

 April VS, 1<S1»L Single egg laid at the end 

 of a burrow about two feet in length. 

 ^„., ., , Collector, D. P. Ingraham. 



[92. L] Allied Shearwater. Piifflatis (is.^iiitiliH. 



This is an Australian and New Ze.iland sp?cies that has accidentally strayed 

 to the shores of Nova Scotia. 



II \ 93. Black vented Shearwater. Puttiiiiis opi.^thoiiuiafi. 



Range.— Middle Pacific coast of the Americas, north in late summer along the 

 coast of California. This species breeds commonlv on the islands off the coasts 

 of Lower California, especially on the Gulf side. Their single egg is white, size 

 2. X L30, and is located at the end of a burrow. Data.— Natividad Is., Lower 

 California, April 10, 1897. Single egg laid on the sand at the end of a burrow 

 six feet in length. Collector, A. W. Anthony. 



93.1. Townsend Shearwater. Piitfhiiis (iiirinihirix. 



This bird ranges from Cape St. Lucas, south along the Pacific coast of Mexico, 

 breeding on the Revillagigedo Islands off the Mexican coast. 



94. Sooty Shearwater. Puffin us fuliginosus. 



Range.— A common species off the Atlantic coast in summer; breeds along 

 our northern coasts, and it is also supposed that many of them nest in southern 

 seas and reach our coasts early in the summer. Tliese Shearwaters are entirely 

 sootv gray, being somewhat lighter below. They are called "black haglets" by 

 the fishermen, whose vessels they follow in the hope of procuring bits of refuse. 

 They commonly nest in burrows' in the ground, but are also said to build in 

 fissures among the ledges. Their single white egg measures 2.55 x 1.75. Data.— 

 Island in Ungava Bay, northern Labrador, June 14, 1896. Egg laid in a fissure 

 of a sea cliff. Collector, A. N. McFord. 



