SHEARWATERS AND FULMARS: Family Procellariidae [ 8l ] 



Length: 33-37, wing 11-13, bill 5.50-5.60." (Bailey) Eggs: i, white, laid on ground. 

 DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds in western Pacific on Wake and Bonin Islands. 

 Wanders eastward to North American coast from Alaska to southern Lower Cali- 

 fornia. In Oregon: Rare visitor to coast; two definite records. 



THE SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS was reported by Suckley (1860) and Anthony 

 (Woodcock 1902.) as having been found on the Oregon coast. We have 

 never seen it there, but we have two definite records for the State, both 

 supported by identifiable remains of bones. The first were collected by 

 Jewett from shell mounds on the Tillamook County coast and identified 

 by Dr. Alex. Wetmore (19x8), of the National Museum, who recorded it 

 in the Condor as an Oregon species. The other bones were taken by Jewett 

 from shell mounds near Yachats in August 1934. 



The adult of this species is the only white-plumaged albatross reported 

 from this coast. The dark-colored, immature birds can be distinguished 

 from the Black-footed Albatross by their light-colored bills and feet. 

 This is one of the species that has suffered so heavily from plumage 

 hunters on the islands of the Pacific that it is probably near extermina- 

 tion, if not already extinct. 



Shearwaters and Fulmars: Family Procellariidae 



Slender-billed Shearwater: 



Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck) 



DESCRIPTION. "Size small; bill relatively small and slender; plumage sooty or 

 blackish except for paler throat and white under wing coverts; bill and feet dusky. 

 Wing: io.oo-ii.io, tail 3.103.60, bill 1.10-1.18, depth at base .35-. 50, tarsus 1.90- 

 i.oo." (Bailey) Eggs: i, white. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds on islands near New Zealand and southern Australia 

 and migrates northward to Bering Sea. In Oregon: Casual straggler to coast in 

 September, December, January, and May. 



THE SLENDER-BILLED SHEARWATER, the small companion of the Sooty 

 Shearwater, distinguished chiefly by its smaller size and smaller, more 

 slender bill, is undoubtedly more common on the Oregon coast than 

 records indicate. It is almost impossible to pick individuals out of the 

 great swarms of shearwaters present, but there are several records for the 

 State. There are three specimens in the Jewett collection, one found dead 

 on the beach at Netarts by Mrs. Iva Neilsen (May n, 1916), one found 

 at Seaside (September 2.9, 1930), and the third killed just south of the 

 Columbia River on one of our offshore trips (September 2,3, 1932.)- 

 Gabrielson also has three skins, one found dead on the beach at Netarts 

 by Iris Gabrielson (December 2.7, 1932.)* one ^ rom Depoe Bay, taken by 

 Braly (January i, 1935), and one from Clatsop Beach (January 12., 1935). 



