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North American Birds Eggs. 



92. Audubon Shearwater. Fiiffinua Uicnninieri. 



Range. — Middle Atlantic, ranging north in late summer to Long Island. 

 RTliis bird, having a length of but twelve inches, is the smallest of the Shear- 

 waters found along our coasts. Large colonies of them breed on some of the 



the small islands and keys of the West 



~' -^ Indies and Bahamas, and not so com- 



' "~^-^. monly in the Bermudas. Their eggs, 



"^ which are pure white, are deposited at the 



\ end of burrows dug by the birds. Size 



of egg 2. X 1.35. Their nesting season 



', commences about the latter part of March 



I and continues through April and May, 



After the young are able to Hy, like other 



members of the family, the birds become 



ocean wanderers and stray north to 



southern New England. Data. — Bahamas, 



.Vpril 13, ISSIl. Single egg laid at the end 



of a burrow about two feet in length. 



,„,,_., , Collector, D. P. Ingraham. 



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[92.1.] Allied Shearwater. Piiffiiui.-i (isiiiiniliti. 



Tliis is an Australian and New Zealand spscies that has accidentally strayed 

 to the shores of Nova Scotia. 



93. Black-vented Shearwater. Pnffiiuis opi.Hhinnrlns. 



Range. — Middle Pacific coast of the Americas, north in late summer along the 

 coast of California. This species breeds commonly on the islands off the coasts 

 of Lower California, especially on the Gulf side. Their single egg is white, size 

 2. X 1.30, and is located at the end of a burrow. Data. — Natividad Is., Lower 

 California, April 10, 1897. Single egg laid on the sand at the end of a burrow 

 six feet in length. Collector, A. VV. Anthony. 



93.1. Townsend Shearwater. Piifliiuii aurindiiris. 



This bird ranges from Cape St. Lucas, south along the Pacific coast of Mexico, 

 breeding on the Revillagigedo Islands ot^ the Mexican coast. 



94. Sooty Shearwater. Puffiinis fuligino-ius. 



Range. — A common species off the Atlantic coast in summer; breeds along 

 our northern coasts, and it is also supposed thatmany of them nest in southern 

 seas and reach our coasts early in the summer. Tiiese Shearwaters are entirely 

 sooty gray, being somewhat lighter below. They are called "black haglets" by 

 the fishermen, whose vessels they follow in the hope of procuring bits of refuse. 

 They commonly nest in burrows in the ground, but are also said to builil in 

 fissures among the ledges. Their single white egg measures 2.55 x 1.75. Data. — 

 Island in Ungava Bay, northern Labrador, June 14, 1896. Egg laid in a fissure 

 of a sea cliff. Collector, A. N. McFord. 



