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especial attention to the Tubinares. Not till September 2 did 
I see a Buller’s Shearwater. On that day I went out on Mon- 
terey Bay three or more miles to the northeast of Point Pinos 
and found a large number of Black-vented and Sooty Shear- 
waters fishing. The weather was propitious, there being only 
a light breeze. As I rowed along from one flock to another, a 
Flesh-footed Shearwater flew over my head from behind, and _ 
was shot. A few minutes afterward, as I proceeded leisurely, 
being then about four miles north of Point Pinos, I saw a lone 
Buller’s Shearwater fishing with a few Spanish mackerel. As 
the fish went down, the shearwater lit one hundred and fifty 
yards away from the boat. I rowed with all my might, but 
the bird arose out of range. As it circled, seventy yards dis- 
tant, I fired, but merely caused it to settle for a few moments, 
only a single shot probably hitting it. As the bird shook its 
wings and rose, I fired both barrels and stopped it again. When 
I came up within long range, it started off once more, but this 
time I secured it. 
On November 4 I went out seven or eight miles north of 
Point Pinos and finally reached the gathering of shearwaters 
I was looking for. There were about twenty thousand Sooty, 
two hundred or more Black-vented, and about thirty Cooper’s 
Shearwaters. They were scattered about over considerable 
water, and as I approached one of the larger bunches I saw two 
Buller’s Shearwaters fly around it and enter the bay. Further 
on I discovered one on the water apart from a flock of Sooty 
Shearwaters, and secured it. Another was seen sitting in the 
midst of a flock of Sooty Shearwaters. Another still was 
sitting close to two of these shearwaters. It decoyed to a dead 
bird thrown into the air, but unfortunately was missed with 
my first barrel, and escaped, my other barrel being out of com- 
mission. Later in the day I secured a second specimen of 
Buller’s Shearwater from the concourse of shearwaters. I 
also obtained from it two Flesh-footed and a Slender-billed, 
the only ones noted. 
On November 8, about four miles north of Point Pinos, a 
single Buller’s Shearwater, in worn plumage, was seen flying 
about in search of food, but too far away to be secured. 
