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dropped for a catch, or rose each with a fish in its 
beak, or settled to the water to eat. In this multitude 
the dark-bodied Shearwaters outnumbered both gulls 
and cormorants, and the combined noise was indescrib- 
able. Mr. Loomis, in his work on the migration of sea 
birds, as observed at Monterey, proves inferentially that 
the dark-bodied Shearwaters breed in the south temper- 
ate zone during the winter months, coming north as 
soon as the breeding season is over, and remaining until 
September. In New Zealand, where this bird breeds 
abundantly, it excavates a burrow in a bank almost 
exactly like that made by a kingfisher. At the end of 
this is placed a lining of small sticks, and occasionally 
a few leaves, or a little moss, and here the one chalky 
egg is laid. 
105.2. KAEDING PETREL. — Oceanodroma Kaedingt. 
Famity: The Fulmars and Shearwaters. 
Length : 7.25-8.50. 
Adults: Sooty gray, lighter on under parts ; upper tail-coverts white ; 
tail-feathers shading to gray at base ; tail forked ; bill and feet black. 
Geographical Distribution : North Pacific, south to Southern California. 
Breeding Range: Islands of the Pacific Coast. 
Breeding Season : March to September. 
Nest : In burrow, or more commonly in crevices of loose rock ; rudely 
lined with dried grasses. 
Eggs: 1; cream white, with wreath of fine purple dots about larger 
end. Size, 1.34 x 1.00. 
According to Mrs. Bailey the Leach petrels reported 
on the coast of California were really the species known 
