64 GEOLOGICAL SURyEY OF CANADA. 



(Fannin?) A female was brought in by an Indian on July isth 

 and another July 2 1 St, 1896. He reported seeing others. The> 

 were in the open bay at Sitka, Alaska. {Grinnell.) 



96. Slender-billed Shearwater. 



Puffinus tenuirostris (Temm.) Temm. & Schleg. 1849. 



One specimen taken off Albert head, near Victoria, Vancouvei 

 island, Oct. 24th, 1891. {Fannin?) One specimen was secured by 

 Dall which was killed in Kotzebue sound; single specimens have 

 been taken at Unalaska, Sitka and Kadiak islands. {Nelson.) A 

 dead bird believed to be this species was picked up on Amchitka 

 island, and this species is said by the natives of Attn to breed on 

 the Semichi islands. {Turner.) Shot off the coast of Queen Char- 

 lotte islands by Dr. Newcombe in August, 1894. 



XXXIII. ^STRELATA Bonaparte. 1856. 

 98. Black-capped Petrel. 



JEstrelata hasitata (Kuhl) Coues. 1866. 



On the 30th October, 1894, the dead body of a black-capped 

 petrel was picked up on the shore of the island, at Toronto, Ont. 

 {Mcllwraith) This bird is in the collection of Mr. J. H. Fleming 

 who has also one other specimen taken about 17 miles to the 

 west at about the same time. Only known records for our limits 



100. Fisher Petrel. 



^strelata fisheri Ridgw. 1883. 



Described from a specimen taken on Kadiak island by Mr. 

 Fisher, June nth, 1882. {Nelson.) Mr. Nelson saw a petrel— 

 which was possibly this bird — while passing the Aleutian islands. 



XXXIV. BULWERIA Bonaparte. 1842. 



101. Bulwer Petrel. 



Bulweria bulweri (Jard. & Selby) Boucard. 1876. 



Only one specimen known from Greenland, which was received 

 irom the Moravian missionaries. {Arct. Man) 



