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southern part of Greenland. {Arct. Man.) Abundant from Belle 

 Isle to Resolution island. {Kumelin.) Rather common on the 

 west coast of Newfoundland. '{Reeks.) Met with off the shores 

 of Nova Scotia; not seen in the gulf. {Brewster.) A winter 

 visitor off New Brunswick. {Dr. Adams) 



90. Manx Shearwater. 



Puffinus puffinus (Brunn.) Light. 1854. 



One skin received from Greenland. {Arct. Man) Common 

 from Belle Isle to Grinnell bay. {Kumelin) Tolerably common 

 on the west coast of Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Off the coast of 

 New Brunswick. {Dr. Adams.) Bird of passage in Greenland. 

 {Winge) 



92.1. Allied Shearwater. 



Puffinus assimilis Gould. 1837. 

 Accidental on Sable island off the coast of Nova Scota. {A.O. 

 U. List. Ninth Supplement) 



93. Black-vented Shearwater. 



Puffinus opisthom.elas Coues. 1864. 

 Several specimens have been taken off the Outer wharf, Vic- 

 toria, Vancouver island. {Fannin) 



94. Sooty Shearwater. 



Puffinus fuliginosus Strickland. 1832. 

 Common on the banks of Newfoundland, but rather rare in the 

 Strait of Belle Isle. {Reeks) Rare on the coast of Nova Scotia. 

 {Downs.) Occurs in winter on Grand Manan, N.B. {Herrick) 

 Coues states he saw a few individuals of this species on the coast 

 of Labrador, August 19th, i860. {Packard) Common among the 

 greater shearwaters off the shore of northeastern Labrador. 

 {Bigelow) 



95. Dark-bodied Shearwater. 



Puffinus griseus (Gmel.) Finsch. 1874. 



During the fall of 1895, Dr. C. F. Newcombe found this species 

 in great numbers off the west coast of Queen Charlotte islands. 



