1889. | LAWRENCE, Breeding of Puffinus audubont, etc. 
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As this old work is not very accessible to students, | have thought 
best to give the translation of a few extracts from it. He says— 
‘¢This bird is about the size of a pullet; its plumage is black ; it 
has the wings long and strong, the legs rather short, the feet like 
those of a duck, but furnished with strong and long claws, its 
bill is long of a good inch and a half, curved, pointed, extremely 
hard and strong; it has large eyes near the top of the head, which 
serve them admirably well during the night, but are nearly useless 
in the daytime, as they cannot endure the light nor discern 
objects, for when it is surprised by the day outside of its retreat, 
it knocks against anything with which it comes in contact and 
finally it falls to the ground. 
‘¢These birds live on fish which they procure during the night 
at sea; when through with their fishing, they return to the moun- 
tain, where they take to their holes like rabbits, and until night has 
come again do not return to the sea. ‘he flesh is blackish with. 
a little scent of fish, otherwise it is good and very nourishing. 
‘“It begins to appear towards the end of September. They are 
then found in pairs in each hole. hey remain until the end of 
November, when they disappear.” 
He gives a very full and particular account of the search after 
them, and says: ‘‘In spite of the dangers and inconveniences of 
this hunting, my curiosity tempted me to accompany five negroes.” 
They were assisted in finding the birds by dogs, and each hunter 
carried a pole seven or eight feet long with a hook at the end. 
They procured about two hundred birds; such numbers being 
obtained, easily accounts for their extermination. 
Notre ON Zenazda rubripes. 
I avail myself of this opportunity to correct an error which oc- 
curred in the ‘Catalogue’ of Grenada Birds.* I received from 
Mr. Wells a male of Zenatda rubripes after 1 had finished 
writing the catalogue. The account of its receipt and description 
was written on a slip of paper to be inserted in the catalogue in 
its proper place, but by inadvertence it was put under Augyptila 
wellsi, p. 625, instead of under Zexaida rubripes, p. 624. 
* Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. IX, 1886, p, 625. 
