TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS 



[98.] Black-capped Petrel. JEstrelata hasi- 

 tata. 

 This is not a common species; it is an inhabit- 

 ant of tropical seas and has only been casually 

 found on our coasts or inland. It is a handsome 

 species with white forehead, underparts and nape 

 with a small isolated black cap on the crown; 

 the rest of the upper parts are blackish. It is a 

 native of the West Indies. 



[99-] Scaled Petrel. Mstrelata scalaris. 



This is another rare species which is an in- 

 habitant of southern seas. A single specimen 

 taken in New York State gives it a claim as a 

 doubtful North American species. It is a hand- 

 some bird, the feathers of the grayish upperparts 

 being edged with white, thus giving it the appear- 

 ance of being barred. Its egg have only been 

 known to science within the past few years. 

 Data. — Preservation Inlet, New Zealand, June 7, 

 1900. Single white egg. Size 2.40 x 1.75. Collec- 

 tor, P. Seymour. Parent bird taken with the egg. 



100. Fisher's Petrel. Mstralata fisheri. 



This is a handsome bird known only from the 

 type specimen taken off Kadiak Is.. Alaska, by 

 Mr. Fisher. 





i Petrel 

 .1 Petrel 

 Fisher's i • 



[101.] Piiwm:- l'i crel. Bulrvevia bulweri. 



An •■astcni Atlantic species which is only an accidental visitant to our 

 shores. They breed on the Madeira islands where the eggs are laid in crevices 

 among the rocks <>r in burrows iii the mound. Size l.75x L65, white. 





[102.] Pintado Petrel. Daption capensis. 



This is the Cape Pig i oi the southern hemisphere. l\ has onlj a< i [dentally 



occurred on our .oast. 







