TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS 



91. PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER. Puffinus 



creatopus 



Range. Pacific Ocean, north on American side 

 to California in summer. 



This species, whose breeding habits are little 

 known, is similar in size and color to the Greater 

 Shearwater, differing chiefly in the yellowish bill 

 and pinkish colored feet. 



92. AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER. Puffinus 



Iherminieri. 



Range. Middle Atlantic, ranging north in late 

 summer to Long Island. 



This bird, having a length of but twelve inches, 

 is the smallest of the Shearwaters found along our 

 coasts. Large colonies of them breed on some 

 of the small islands and keys of the West Indies 

 and Bahamas, and not so commonly in the Ber- 

 mudas. Their eggs, which are pure white, are de- 

 posited at the end of burrows dug by the birds. 

 Size of egg 2. x 1.35. Their nesting season com- 

 mences about the latter part of March and con- 

 tinues through April and May. After the young 

 are able to fly, like other members of the family, 

 the birds become ocean wanderers and stray 

 north to southern New England. Data. Bahamas, 

 April 13, 1891. Single egg laid at the end of a 

 burrow about two feet in length. Collector, D. 

 P. Ingraham. 



[92.1.] ALLIED SHEARWATER. Puffinus 

 assimilis. 



This is an Australian and New Zealand species 

 that has accidentally strayed to the shores of 

 Nova Scotia. 



Pink -fooled Shearwater 

 Black -ven ted Shearwater 



Town senc's Shear \vatei 



93. BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER. Puffin us opisthomelas. 



Range. Middle Pacific coast of the Americas, north in late summer along 

 the coast of California. This species breeds commonly on the islands off the 

 coast of Lower California, especially on the Gulf side. Their single egg is 

 white, size 2. x 1.30, and is located at the end of a burrow. Data. Natividad 

 Is., Lower California, April 10, 1897. Single egg laid on the sand at the 

 end of a burrow six feet in length. Collector, A. W. Anthony. 



93.1. TOWNSEND'S SHEARWATER. Puffinus auricularis. 



This bird ranges from Cape St. Lucas, south along the Pacific coast of Mex- 

 ico, breeding on the Revillagigedo Islands off the Mexican coast. 



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