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39. Dark-bodied Shearwater. 



Puffinus griseus (GMEL.). 



During the fall of 1895 Dr. C. F. Newcombe found this species common 

 on the West Coast of Queen Charlotte Islands. Since then one was picked 

 up dead on the beach near Victoria. 



40. Slender-billed Shearwater. 



Puffinus tenuirostris (TEMM.). 



Not common ; one specimen shot at William Head and presented to the 

 Museum by T. Kermode, February 23rd, 1904. 



OCEANODROMA REICHENBACH. 



41. Gray Fork-tailed Petrel. 



Oceanodrorna furcata (GMEL.). 



Found along both coasts of Vancouver Island, but more common on the 

 Pacific Coast ; a few have been taken in the Straits near Victoria. Very 

 rare at Metlakatla ; one picked up exhausted. (Rev. J. H. Keen.) 



42. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. White-rumped Petrel. 



Oceanodroma leucorrhoa (ViEiLL.) COUES. 



West Coast of Vancouver Island. Four specimens taken in Hecate Strait, 

 July, 1904. One specimen found dead on beach off Beacon Hill, Victoria, 

 November, 1893. 



ORDER STEGANOPODES. TOTIPALMATE 

 SWIMMERS. 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACID^E. CORMORANTS. 

 PHALACROCORAX BRISSON. 



43. White-crested Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinnatus (BRANDT). 



Common on both coasts of Vancouver Island and coast of Mainland, from 

 Race Rocks to Alaska. 



44. Brandt's Cormorant. Pencilled Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax penicillatus (BRANDT). 



Two specimens were killed in the Straits, near Victoria, by D. E Campbell, 

 April 19th, 1897. Later in the month another specimen was found on the 

 beach at Beacon Hill. 



