52 North American Birds Eggs. 



[101.] Bulwer Petrel. Bulweria bidweri. 



An eastern Atlantic species which is only an accidental visitant to our shores. 

 They breed on the Madeira Islands where the eggs are laid in crevices among the 

 rocks or in burrows in the ground. Size 1.75 x 1.55, white. 



[102.] Pintado Petrel. Daption capensfs. 



This is the Cape Pigeon of the southern hemisphere. It has only accidentally 

 occurred on our coast. 



103. Least Petrel. Halocyptcna microsoma. 



Range. — Pacific coast of America from Lower California to Panama. The 

 Least Petrel is the smallest of this family', in length measuring only 5.75 inches. 

 Their plumage is entirely dark sooty. They have been found breeding on San 

 Benito Island, Lower California, and they probabl)' do on others farther south. 

 The single egg that this bird lays is white with a wreath of fine black specks 

 around one and sometimes both ends. Data. — San Benito Is., Lower Califor- 

 nia, June 12, 1897. No nest, the egg being simply laid on the bare rock in a 

 crevice. Size 1.00 x .75. Collector, A. W. Anthony. 



104. Stormy Petrel. Procrlldriii pclagira 



North Atlantic Ocean chiefly on the European side, wintering south to New 



Brunswick. Smallest of the white rumped, black petrels ; 5.75 inches in length. 



This species is the one originally called "Mother 



Cary's Chicken" by the sailors. They nest abundantly 



on many of the islands off the coasts of Europe and the 



British Isles, laying their single egg either in l)urrows 



or crevices among the cliffs. Data. — Coast of County 



Kerry, Ireland, June 1, 1895. Single egg laid at the end 



of burrow in a sea cliff. Size 1.05 x .80 ; white with a 



wreath of very tine dots about the larger end. Collector, 



G. H. McDonald. 



[White.] 



105. Forked-tailed Petrel. Oceanodromd fiirc(it((. 



Range. — North Pacitic from California to Alaska, breeding in the Aleutians. 



These birds have a plumage of Iduish gray, the wings being darker and the 

 underparts lightest. The nests are made in burrows or crevices in the banks. 

 Data. — IJniak Is., Alaska, JunelO, 1900. No nest. Single egg laidat the end 

 of a burrow. Several pairs nesting near. Egg white with a tine wreath of pur- 

 plish black specks about the large end. Size 1.25 x .95. 



