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47 (93) Puffinus opisthomelas Coues. 



Black-vented Shearwater. 



Syn. — Puffinus gavia. 



Status — Common summer visitant on the ocean; said to have been found breeding on 

 Santa Barbara Island, but this seems doubtful. 



48 (95) Puffinus griseus (Gmelin) Finsch. 



Dark-bodied Shearwater. 



Syn. — Nectris fuliginosus; Puffinus fidiginosus; Puffinus stricklandi. 

 Status — Abundant summer visitant and migrant on the ocean; probably breeds in the 

 southern hemisphere. 



49 (96) Puffinis tenuirostris (Temminck) Temminck & Schlegel. 



Slender-billed Shearwater. 



Status — Common midwinter visitant on the ocean (off San Diego and Monterey in 1895). 



50 (97) Priofinus cinereus (Gmelin) Jacquinot & Pucheran. 



Black-tailed Shearwater. 



Syn. — Puffinus cinereus; Adamastor cinereus; Puffinus melantirus; Procellaria hcEsitata. 

 Status — Known only from the record by G. N. Lawrence of a specimen, still extant, ob- 

 tained off" Monterey. 



51 (102) Daption capensis (Linnaeus) Stephens. 



Pintado Petrel. 



SvN. — Procellaria capensis. 



Status — Known only from the record by G. N. Lawrence of a specimen from "off 

 Monterey." 



52 (105) Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin) Reichenbach. 



Forked-tailed Petrel. 



Status— Of irregular occurrence on the ocean (June, February, August); recorded south 

 to San Pedro. 



53 (106) Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot) Stejneger. 



Leach Petrel. 



Syn. — Thalassidroma leachi; Oceanites oceanica; Cymochorea leucorhoa. 

 Status — Apparently a permanent resident on the adjacent ocean; recorded south to Long 

 Beach; found breeding on South Farallon Island, and the coast of Mendocino County. 



54 (105.2) Oceanodroma kaedingi Anthony. 



Kaeding Petrel. 



Status — Known only from the records by A. W. Anthony of its occurrence on the ocean 

 off southern California. 



