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50 (95) Puffinus griseus (Gmelin) 
DARK-BODIED SHEARWATER 
Synonyms—Nectris fuliginosus; Puffinus fuliginosus; Puffinus  strick- 
landi; Sooty Shearwater. 
Status—Abundant summer visitant on the open ocean along our whole 
coast (many records). Has been observed at times in numbers on San Francisco 
Bay (J. and J. W. Mailliard, MS). Occasional off Monterey through the winter 
(Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2nd ser., v1, 1896, p. 27; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
51 (95.1) Puffinus carneipes Gould 
FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER 
Synonym—Pale-footed Shearwater. 
Status—Rare but apparently regular summer visitant on the open ocean off 
Monterey Bay: ten specimens secured, February to November of different years 
(Beck, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 11, 1910, p. 66) ; four additional speci- 
mens from the same locality are in Mus. Vert. Zool. (nos. 18687-18690), taken 
by Beck September 7, 23. and November 1, 1910. 
52 (96) Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck) 
SLENDER-BILLED SHEARWATER 
Status—Fairly common winter visitant on the open ocean: off Monterey, 
October to January (Loomis, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sei., 2nd ser., v1, 1896, p. 28; 
J. Mailliard, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 197; Beek, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 1, 
1910, p. 65); Monterey Bay, April 10, and October 13 to December 31 (Mus. 
Vert. Zool.) ; Hyperion Beach, Los Angeles County, November 22 (L. H. Miller, 
Condor, xvi, 1914, p. 41); off San Diego, January (Anthony, Auk, xm, 1896, 
peli). 
53 (96.2) Puffinus bulleri Salvin 
New ZEALAND SHEARWATER 
Synonym—Buller Shearwater. 
Status—Rare but apparently regular fall visitant on the open ocean off 
Monterey. | Eleven specimens secured in that vicinity (Loomis, Proc. Calif. 
Acad. Sci., 3rd ser., zool., 1, 1900, p. 319; Beck, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 
mu, 1910, p. 66); five additional specimens in Mus. Vert. Zool. (nos. 18682- 
18686), taken by Beck on Monterey Bay September 14 and 26, and October 13, 
1910. 
54 (97) Priofinus cinereus (Gmelin) 
BLACK-TAILED SHEARWATER 
Synonyms—Procellaria haesitata; Adamastor cinereus; Puffinus melanu- 
rus; Puffinus cinereus. 
Status—Rare or casual visitant ; but one record: specimen obtained off Mon- 
terey (G. N. Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vi, 1853, p. 5; see also 
