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Monterey harbor. Again, early in November, 1903, sixteen 
were taken, and some others seen, on Monterey Bay, about a 
mile off Point Pinos. 
52. Oceanodroma melania. BLAcK PETReL.—September 14, 
1903, a few were found on the south side of Monterey Bay. 
In the spring of 1907, they were first met with on May 27, 
three being shot as they were winging their way northward 
over the ocean, two miles west of Point Pinos. "Two were 
noted on the 28th and two on the 29th. On the 3lst over a 
dozen were seen off Point Cypress. June 3 one was taken. 
June 22, about five miles west of Point Pinos, I saw a dozen 
or more, shooting three of them. June 25 one was captured. 
July 8, several miles northwest of Point Cypress, one was seen 
heading north. On the 22nd, in the same vicinity, about 
thirty were noticed. On the 24th they were quite common 
about eight miles west of Point Pinos; sixteen were captured. 
Six were observed on the 26th. August 12 and 14 single 
individuals were shot and August 19 half a dozen were seen. 
On the 21st and 22nd they were fairly common in the morning, 
feeding in current streaks two or three miles north of Point 
Pinos. Fifteen were taken on the 22nd. August 26 they were 
common. A few were noted on the 27th and 30th. September 
2 a few were encountered about four miles to the northward 
of Point Pinos. On the 14th quite a number were seen in the 
same vicinage, searching for food. They were the last of the 
season, so far as noticed by me. 
September 13, 1909, two were observed on the ocean about 
seven miles west of Point Pinos. 
53. Oceanodroma homochroa. AsHy PEtTrEeL—In 1907, a 
few individuals were observed on May 20. On July 24 several 
were seen, two of them being captured. They were well 
offshore, about eight miles west of Point Pinos. In this situa- 
tion Black Petrels were quite common. August 21 a solitary 
individual, feeding with Black Petrels, was taken on the ocean 
two or three miles north of Point Pinos. 
In the fall of 1909, scattering birds were seen in September, 
the first on the 13th. One was taken on the 20th. October 8 
a specimen was shot, the only one observed during the month. 
On the Ist of November, I went out about eight miles west of 
Point Pinos. A low fog came in toward noon, with rising 
wind and sea, and amumber of Ashy Petrels drifted in with it. 
