TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS 



[98.] Black-capped Petrei.. Mstrelata hasi- 

 tata. 



This is not a common species; it is an inliabit- 

 ant of tropical seas and lias only been casually 

 found on our coasts or inland. It is a handsome 

 species with white forehead, underparts and nape 

 with a small isolated black cap on the crown; 

 the rest of the upper parts are blackish. It is a 

 native of the West Indies. 



[99-] Scaled Petrel. Mstrelata scalaris. 



This is another rare species which is an in- 

 habitant of southern seas. A single specimen 

 taken in New York State gives it a claim as a 

 doubtful North American species. It is a hand- 

 some bird, the feathers of the grayish upperparts 

 being edged with white, thus giving it the appear- 

 ance of being barred. Its egg have only been 

 known to science within the past few years. 

 Data. — Preservation Inlet, New Zealand, .lune 7, 

 1900. Single white egg. Size 2.40 x 1.75. Collec- 

 tor, P. Seymour. Parent bird taken with the egg. 



100. Fisher's Petrel. JEsiralata fisheri. 



This is a handsome bird known only from the 

 type specimen taken off Kadiak Is., Alaska, by 

 Mr. Fisher. 



Black-capped Petrel 

 Scaled Petrel 



Fisher's Petrel 



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[lOl.] Bulwer's Petrel. Biilweria bidweri. 



An eastern Atlantic species which is only an accidental visitant to our 

 shores. They breed on the Madeira Islands where the eggs are laid in crevices 

 among the rocks or in burrows in the ground. Size 1.75 x 1.55, white. 



[102.] Pintado Petrel. Daption capensis. 



This is the Cape Pigeon of the southern hemisphere. It has only accidentally 

 occurred on our coast. '^-^m.'- 



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