Vou. II, Pr. IT] LOOMIS—A REVIEW OF THE TUBINARES 13t 
On the labels of the two males of November 4, 1907, Mr. 
Beck notes that the testes showed functional activity, evidenc- 
ing that the season of reproduction was beginning, not ending. 
Furthermore, the male of February 27, 1907, was taken on the 
same day that the advanced guard of Sooty and ee 
Shearwaters appeared. 
Judging from the manner of their occurrence, it seems evi- 
dent that the Flesh-footed Shearwaters frequenting the ocean 
in the vicinity of Point Pinos, California, are regular, but not 
common visitors from the antipodes and that they follow in 
their exodus- and return-migrations the American coast route 
of the Sooty Shearwaters. 
In fresh plumage the lower parts are deep mouse gray, in 
certain specimens more or less varied by obscure pale edgings, 
especially on the breast and abdomen. With wear the general 
aspect of the plumage becomes decidedly brownish. New 
inner primaries in some instances are frosted with gray, and in 
high feather the tertials and longer scapulars are margined 
with grayish white, and more rarely the greater wing-coverts 
are tipped with it. 
So far as witnessed by the specimens at hand, the Flesh- 
footed Shearwater’s moult corresponds with that of the Sooty 
and Cooper’s shearwaters. In the specimen obtained on Feb- 
ruary 27 renewal is progressing on the crown, cervix, back, 
jugulum, breast, abdomen, and in the lower tail-coverts and 
tail, The wings are much worn, particularly the greater 
coverts. In the specimen secured on April 29 the five inné? 
primaries (not counting the remicle) and two rectrices are 
being replaced. Although somewhat the worse for wear, the 
specimens taken on June 25, August 27, and September 2 have 
scarcely any replacement in progress. The male of September 
7 is in fine plumage with relatively few worn or growing 
feathers. The female of the same date, however, is not as for- 
ward. In the male of September 23, in the female of Novem- 
ber 1, and in the two males of November 4 the distal primary 
is not fully grown and there are still some old feathers on the 
back ; otherwise the moult appears to be about completed. 
