THE BIRD BOOK 



94. Sooty Shearwater. Puffins fuligi- 

 nosus. 



Range. — A common species off the Atlantic 

 coast in summer; breeds along our northern 

 coasts, and it is also supposed that many of" 

 them nest in southern seas and reach our 

 coasts early in the summer. These Shear- 

 waters are entirely sooty gray, being some 

 what lighter below. They are called "black 

 haglets" by the fishermen, whose vessels the> 

 follow in the hope of procuring bits of refuse 

 They commonly nest in burrows in the ground, 

 but are also said to build in fissures among 

 the ledges. Their single white egg measures 

 2.55 X 1.75. Data. — Island in Ungava Bay, 

 northern Labrador, June 14, 1896. Egg laid in 

 a fissure of a sea cliff. Collector, A. N. Mc 

 Ford. 



Dark-bodiea Shearwater 

 Slender-billed Shearwater 



Sooty Shearwater 



95. Dark-bodied. Shearwater. 



Puffinus grueus. 

 This is a southern species which, after hav- 

 ing nested on islands in the far south during 

 our winter, comes north and appears off the 

 Pacific coast of the United States during the 

 summer. It is a similar bird to the Sooty Shear- 

 water, but is considerably darker and the under 

 coverts are whitish. Their nesting habits are 

 the same as those of other members of the fam- 

 ily. Size of egg, 2.40 x 1.65. Data. — Stewart's 

 Island, New Zealand, February 15, 1896. Single 

 egg at the end of a long burrow. 



96. Slender-bii-led Shearwater. Puffinus 



tenuirostris. 

 Range. — Northern Pacific Ocean in the sum- 

 mer, extending from Japan and Alaska south- 

 ward. Supposed -to breed in the southern hemis- 

 phere, as well as probably on some of the Aleu- 

 tians in Alaska. 



96.1. Wedge-tailed Shearwater. Puffinus 

 cuneatus. 

 Range.- North Pacific, breeding on the Revil- 

 lagigedo Islands off the coast of Mexico, and 

 probably on some of the small islands in the 

 Gulf of California. 



[97.] Black-tailed Shearwater. Priofinus 



chicriis 

 This is a Shearwater which inhabits the south- 

 ern hemisphere, but which has accidentally wan- 

 dered to the Pacific coast of the United States. 

 It is dark above- and whitish below, with black 

 under tail coverts. It breeds in the far soutli. 



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