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96. Puffinus tenuirostris (Temm.). SLENDER-BILLED SHEARWATER. 



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: 10.00-11.10, tail 3.20-3.60, bill 1.20-1.28, depth at base .35-.50, 

 tarsus 1.90-2.00. 



Distribution. Pacific Ocean, breeding in the southern hemisphere, but 

 migrating north in summer to Kotzebue Sound. 



The slender-billed shearwater was discovered at Monterey by Mr. 

 Joseph Maillard, December, 1895. Between the 14th and 20th of the 

 month he saw great numbers of the birds, and secured twenty speci- 

 mens. Mr. Loomis infers that they were belated migrants on their 

 way back to their breeding grounds in the southern hemisphere. 



GENUS OCEANODROMA. 



General Characters. Bill small and weak, with nasal tubes elevated at 

 tip ; tail slightly forked ; size small ; slender and tern-like ; bill and feet 

 black. 



KEY TO SPECIES. 



1. Upper or lower tail coverts white. 



2. Lower tail coverts white, upper gray furcata, p. 37. 



2'. Upper, and sides of lower tail coverts, white . . kaedingi, p. 37. 

 1'. Upper and lower tail coverts dusky. 



2. tinder wing coverts with a light-colored patch . homochroa, p. 38. 

 2'. Under wing coverts without light patch. 



3. Side of rump with gray or whitish patch . socorroensis, p. 38. 

 3'. Side of rump without gray or whitish patch . . melania, p. 38. 



105. Oceanodroma furcata (GW.). FORKED-TAILED PETREL. 



Body light bluish gray, fading to white on chin, throat, and under tail 

 coverts ; bend of wing, quills, and space around eye, dusky. Length: 

 8.00-9.20, wing 5.90-6.40, bill .60, tail 3,75-4.00, forked for about 1. 



Distribution. From the Arctic circle south on the American side to 

 Monterey. 



Nest. A hole in a bank, lined scantily with dry grass and fine roots. 

 Egg : 1, white, with fine spots of lilac and dark color about the larger end. 



105.2. Oceanodroma kaedingi A nthony. KAEDING PETREL. 



Plumage mainly sooty black ; wing cov- 

 erts brownish ; upper tail coverts and side 

 of under coverts, white. Wing : 5.75, tail 

 3.25, forked for .60, tarsus .80, bill . 55 (from Fi 5g 



Distribution. Pacific coast and islands from Socorro Island and south- 

 ern California north to Cape Flattery. 



Nest. Under a pile of stones, or a burrow in a turfy bank, lined with 

 grass, bits of bark, and wood. Egg: 1, sometimes plain white. 



The slightly larger and lighter colored 0. leucorhoa of the Atlantic 

 and north Pacific apparently does not occur on the west coast of the 

 United States. A series of May and June specimens from near Cape 

 Flattery are unquestionably kaedingi. 



