GREATER SHEARWATER. 



89. Puffinus grains. 20 in. 



Whole upper parts blackish. Below white, 

 with a blackish area on the abdomen. Bill 

 and feet black. Often congregate in num- 

 bers about fishing boats to feed on refuse 

 thrown to them. 



Note. Harsh discordant squaks. 



Range. Probably breeds in Antarctic re- 

 gions. Spends the summer on our Atlantic 

 coast. 



AUDUBON SHEARWATER. 

 92. Puffinus Iherminieri. 12 in. 



Similar in plumage to the Greater Shear- 

 water, but smaller and with no sooty on the 

 abdomen but dusky under tail coverts. 



Nest. Single white eggs deposited at the 

 ends of burrows dug by the birds, some is- 

 lands being honeycombed with them. 



Range. Breed on Bahama and West Indian 

 islands in March and April, afterward wand- 

 ering over the ocean. Casual north to Mass. 

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