TUBE-NOSEU SWIMMERS 



91. Pink-footed Shearwater. Pufpnus 

 creatopus 



Range. — Pacific Ocean, north on American side 

 to California in summer. 



Tliis species, whose ijreeding habits are little 

 known, is similar in size and color to the Greater 

 Shearwater, differing chiefly in the yellowish IMll 

 and pinkish colored feet. 



.92. Audubon's Sheakwateu. Puffinu.i 

 Iherminieri. 



Range. — Middle Atlantic, ranging north in late 

 Slimmer to Long Island. 



This bird, having a length of but twelve inches, 

 is the smallest of the Shearwaters found along our 

 coasts. Large colonies of them breed on some 

 of the small islands and keys of the West Indies 

 and Bahamas, and not so commonly in the Ber- 

 mudas. Their eggs, which are pure white, are de- 

 posited at the end of burro\ys dug by the birds. 

 Size of egg 2. x 1.35. Their nesting season com- 

 mences about the latter part of March and con- 

 tinues through April and May. After tlie young 

 are able to fly, like other members of the family, 

 the birds become ocean wanderers and stray 

 north to southern New England. Data. — Bahamas, 

 April 13, 1S91. Single egg laid at the end of a 

 burrow about two feet in length. Collector, D. 

 P. Ingraham. 



[92.1.] Allied Shearwater. Vnffinus 

 assimills. 



This is an Australian and New Zealand species 



that has accidentally straved to the shores of Pink-fouted Shearwater 



,. ^ . ■' ■ 1 ilMrk-vented Shearwater 



l\0va bcotia. Townsend's Shearwater 



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Black-vented SiiEAnwATEu. I'liffiuiis iipisiJiomchis. 



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

 the coast of California. This species breeds commonly oh the islands off the 

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

 white, si2ie 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. W. Anthony. 



93.1. Townsend's Shearwater. Puffinus auricularis. • 



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

 ico, breeding on the Revillagigedo Islands off the Mexican coast. 



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