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turning from side to side, so that sometimes one, sometimes the other 

 wing almost touches the great surges. All their motions on the wing 

 are graceful in the extreme and devoid of any appearance of effort. 

 Again they ride the water lightly in companies of a hundred, or 

 swim rapidly over the surface to seize some delectable morsel, holding 

 their heads up, their wings partly spread. In rising from the water, 

 the birds show less grace, and a large flock makes the water foam 

 as they try to push away 'the surface, paddling vigorously with alternate 

 feet. 



[Puffinus puffinus (Brunn.). Manx Shearwater. — As this European bird 

 is exceedingly rare on the North Atlantic coast, and as Kumlien makes no 

 mention of the abundant Greater Shearwater, this author's note that the 

 Manx Shearwater is "abundant from Belle Isle to Resolution Island" can 

 be disregarded. There is no other mention of this bird for Labrador.] 



Puffinus fuliginosus (Strick.). 

 Sooty Shearwater; "Black Hag" or "Hagdon." 



Common summer visitor. 



This shearwater generally accompanies the Greater Shearwater 

 but in much smaller numbers. Palmer found them common in the 

 Straits of Belle Isle, and saw a few as far west as the Mingan Islands. 

 Coues and Bigelow note them on the eastern coast in company with 

 the other species. 



We saw one in the Straits of Belle Isle and three in an immense 

 flock of over 5000 of the greater species not far from Spear Harbor. 



[Puffinus tenuirostris (Temm.). Slender-billed Shearwater. — R.Bell 

 records the capture of one at Port Burwell on September 28, 1884. This was 

 an error. The bird was in fact a Fulmar (J. Macoun in litteris, March 13, 

 1906)]. 



[Puffinus kuhlii (Boie). Mediterranean Shearwater. — Kumlien records 

 this as "common from Belle Isle to Grinnell Bay," evidently a mistake. See 

 note under P. puffinus.] 



Procellaria pelagica Linn. 



Stormy Petrel. 



Rare summer visitor. 



It is possible that after the breeding season, this species wanders 

 to the American shores more often than is supposed. It is well known 

 to occur off the Newfoundland coasts, but the statement of Reeks 



