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47 (93) Puffinus opisthomelas Coues. 



Black-vented Shearwater. 



Syn. — Puffinus gavia. 



Status — Common summer visitant on the ocean; said to have been found breeding on 

 Santa Barbara Island, but this seems doubtful. 



48 (95) Puffinus griseus (Graelin) Finsch. 



Dark-bodied Shearwater. 



Syn. — Nedris fulighiosus; Puffinus fuliginosus\ Puffinus stricklandi. 



Status — Abundant summer visitant and migrant on the ocean; probably breeds in the 

 southern hemisphere. 



49 (96) Puffinis tenuirostris (Temminck) Temminck & Schlegel. 



Slender-billed Shearwater. 



Status — Common midwinter visitant on the ocean (oflFSan Diego and Monterey in 1895). 



50 (97) Priofinus cinereus (Gmelin) Jacquinot & Pucheran. 



Black-tailed Shearwater. 



Syn. — Puffinus cinereus; Adamastor cinereus; Puffinus nielanurus; Procellaria hczsitata. 

 Status — Known only from the record by G. N. Lawrence of a specimen, still extant, ob- 

 tained off Monterey. 



51 (102) Daption capensis (Linnaeus) Stephens. 



Pintado Petrel. 



Syn. — Procellaria capensis. 



Status— Known only from the record by G. N. Lawrence of a specimen from "off 

 Monterey." 



52 (105) Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin) Reichenbach. 



Forked-tailed Petrel. 



Status— Of irregular occurrence on the ocean (June, February, August); recorded south 

 to San Pedro. 



53 (106) Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot) Stejneger. 



Leach Petrel. 



Syn. — Thalassidrotna leachi\ Oceanites oceanica; Cyinochorea leucorhoa. 

 Status — Apparently a permanent resident on the adjacent ocean; recorded south to Long 

 Beach; found breeding on South Farallon Island, and the coast of Mendocino County. 



54 (105.2) Oceanodroma kaedingi Anthony. 



Kaeding Petrel. 



Status— Known only from the records by A. W. Anthony of its occurrence on the ocean 

 off southern California. 



