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the west coast of Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Off the coast of New 
Brunswick. (Dr. Adams.) Bird of passage. (Winge.) 
92.1. Allied Shearwater. 
Puffinus assimilts GOULD. 1837. 
Accidental on Sable Island off the coast of Nova Scotia. (a. 
O. U. List. Ninth Supplement.) 
93. Black-vented Shearwater. 
Puffinus opisthomdas Cours. 1864. 
Several specimens have been taken off the Outer Wharf, Vic- 
toria, Vancouver Island. (Fannin.) 
94. Sooty Shearwater. 
Puffinus fuliginosus STRICKLAND. 1832 
Common on the banks of Newfoundland, but rather rare in 
the Strait of Belle Isle. (Reeks.) Rare on the coast of Nova 
Scotia. (Dowzns.) Occurs in winter on Grand Manan, New Bruns- 
wick. (Herrick.) Coues states he saw a few individuals of this 
species, on the coast of Labrador, August 19th, 1860. (Packara.) 
95. Dark-bodied Shearwater. 
Puffinus griseus (GMEL.) FINScH. 1874. 
During the fall of 1895, Dr. C. F. Newcombe, found this species 
in great numbers off the west coast of Queen Charlotte Islands. 
(Fannin.) 
96. Slender-billed Shearwater. 
Puffinus tenuirostris (TEMM.) Trem. & ScHLEG. 1840. 
One specimen was secured by Dall which was killed in Kotze- 
bue Sound; single specimens have been taken at Unalaska, 
Sitka and Kadiak islands. (Ve/son.) A dead bird believed to be 
this species was picked up on Amchitka Island, and this species 
is said by the natives of Attu to breed on the Semichi Islands. 
(Lurner.) One specimen taken off Albert Head, near Victoria, 
Vancouver Island, Oct. 24th, 1891. (Fannin.) Shot off the coast 
of Queen Charlotte Islands by Dr. Newcombe in August 1894 
