28 TUBINARES: Tube-nosed Swimmers 



RODGERS FULMAR See Appendix. 



(86.1. Fulmarus rodgersi) 18 in. 



PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER 



(91. Puffinus creatopus) 19 in. 



A large Shearwater, with head and neck dusky above and on 

 sides; gray-brown mantle; white under parts, smoky- washed on 

 belly; bill whitish. 



Better known dead than alive from occasional specimens 

 washed up on California beaches, generally in company with a 

 vastly larger number of the Sooty species. 



BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER 



(93. Puffinus opisthomelas) 14 in. 



A small Shearwater, nearly black above; white below with 

 grayish sides. 



As with other Shearwaters, movements of this species are 

 governed by food-supply. Large schools of small fish, such as 

 herring, that come to shore to spawn in late summer, are 

 nearly always attended by Shearwaters. 



SOOTY SHEARWATER 



(95. Puffinus griseus) 17 in. 



Dusky black above, lighter and more slaty below. At a 

 distance this bird appears wholly dull black. 



Feeding-habits of all the Shearwaters are much alike. In a 

 loose, swiftly-flying flock, they scour the waves, almost touching 

 the water, gleaning whatever offers in the nature of animal food. 



Rests on the water in close-packed flocks of incredible 

 numbers. 



SLENDER-BILLED SHEARWATER See Appendix. 



(96. Puffinus tenuirostris) 13 in. 



