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several of the islands along the coast of Newfoundland, especially 
at Port au Port. (Reeks.) Observed everywhere between Annis- 
quam and the Gut of Canso and they were common and generally 
distributed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Brewster.) One picked 
up dead in the spring of 1897 or 1898. Mr. D. J. Grant writing 
to Mr. J. H. Willmot, Beaumauris, Muskoka says; ‘“ The stormy 
petrel was found by some lads on Gull lake. It was brought to 
the late Mr. Burke. It was recorded by me, in error from Lake 
Muskoka in Zhe Auk, Vol. XVIII, page 35. (/. H. Fleming.) 
OrDER STEGANOPODES. TorrpatmaTe Swmners. 
Famity IX. PHAETHONTIDA:. Troric Birps. 
XXXVIII. PHARTHON Linna&us. 1758. | 
112. Yellow-billed Tropic Bird. 
Phaéthon americanus GRANT. 1897. 
Accidental in Nova Scotia. One individual of this species was 
taken after a storm at Shubenacadie. (Dozns.) 
115. Red-billed Tropic Bird. 
Phaéthon ethereus LINN. 1758. 
One specimen taken on the Newfoundland banks. (Chamber- 
lain.) 
Famiry X. SULIDAG. Gannets. 
XXXIX. SULA Brisson. 1760. 
117. Gannet. Solan Goose. 
Sula bassana (LrinN.) Bore. 1822. 
Accidental and rare in Greenland. (Avrct. Wan.) From Green- 
land south to New Brunswick and throughout the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence this species is common, breeding abundantly on the 
southern coast of Labrador andon the Nova Scotia coast and on 
Bird rocks in the gulf. Accidental in Ontario. McIlwraith 
mentions the occurrence of two individuals. 
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