52 North American Birds Eggs. 



[101.] Bulwer Petrel. lUdwcria biiltrrri. 



An eastern Atlantic species which is only an accidental visitant to our shores. 

 They breed on the Madeira Islands wherethe egtjs are laid in crevices among the 

 rocks {)r in Imrrows in the ground. Size 1.75 x 1.55, white. 



[102.] Pintado Petrel. I)aptio)i rapensfs. 



This is the Cape Pigeon of the southern hemisphere. It has only accidentally 

 occurred on our coast. 



103. Least Petrel. Hdloryptcna microsoma. 



Range. — Facitic coast of America from Lower California to Panama. The 

 Least Petrel is the smallest of this family, in length measuring only 5.75 inches. 

 Their plumage is entirely dark sooty. They have been found breeding on San 

 Benito Island, Lower California, and they probably do on others farther south. 

 The single egg that this bird lays is white with a wreath of fine lilack specks 

 around one and sometimes both ends. Data. — San Benito Is., Lower Califor- 

 nia, June 12, 1897. No nest, the egg being simply laid on the bare rock in a 

 crevice. Size 1.00 x .75. Collector, A. W. Anthony. 



104. Stormy Petrel. Proccllaria pcUiyica 



North Atlantic Ocean chiefly on the Europein side, wintering south to New 



Brunswick. Smallest of the white rumped, black petrels : 5.75 inches in length. 



This species is the one originally called ''Mother 



Cary's Chicken" by the sailors. They nest abunilantly 



on many of the islands off the coasts of Europe and the 



W British Isles, laying their single egg either in burrows 



or crevices among the cliffs. Data. — Coast of County 

 Kerry, Ireland, June 1, 1895. Single egg laid at the end 

 of burrow in a sea cliff. Size 1.05 x .80 : white with a 

 wreath of very tine dots about the larger end. Collector, 

 G. H. McDonald. 

 [White.] 



105. Forked-tailed Petrel. OrmiioflroiiKt fuiratd. 



Range.— North Pacific from California to Alaska, breeding in the Aleutians. 



These iiirds have a plumage of liluish gray, the wings being darker and the 

 underparts lightest. The nests are made in burrows or crevices in the banks. 

 Data.— Lniak Is., Alaska, June 10, 1900. No nest. Single egg laid at the end 

 of a burrow. Several pairs nesting near. Egg white with a fine wreath of pur- 

 plish black specks about the large end. Size 1.25 x .95. 



