CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 6-1 



the west coast of Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Off the coast of New 

 Brunswick. {Dr. Adams.) Bird of passage. {Winge.) 



92.1. Allied Shearwater. 



Puffinus assimilis Gould. 1837. 



Accidental on Sable Island off the coast of Nova Scotia. {A.- 

 0. U. List. Ninth Supplement.) 



93. Black -vented Shearwater. 



Puffinus opistJtomdas Coues. 1864. 



Several specimens have been taken off the Outer Wharf, Vic- 

 toria, Vancouver Island. {Fannin.) 



94. Sooty Shearwater. 



Puffinus fuliginosus Strickland. 1832. 



Common on the banks of Newfoundland, but rather rare in' 

 the Strait of Belle Isle. {Reeks.) Rare on the coast of Nova 

 Scotia. {Downs.) Occurs in winter on Grand Manan, New Bruns- 

 wick. {Herrick.) Coues states he saw a few individuals of this 

 species, on the coast of Labrador, August igth, i860. {Packard.}- 



95. Dark-bodied Shearwater. 



Puffinus griseus (Gmel.) Finsch. 1874. 



During the fall of 1895, Dr. C. F. Newcombe, found this species 

 in great numbers off the west coast of Queen Charlotte Islands.- 

 {Fannin.) 



96. Slender-billed Shearwater. 



Puffinus tenuirostris (T^uu.) Temm. & Schleg. 1849. 



One specimen was secured by Dall which was killed in Kotze- 

 bue 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.) One specimen taken off Albert Head, near Victoria,, 

 Vancouver Island, Oct. 24th, 1891. {Fannin.) Shot off the coast 

 of Queen Charlotte Islands by Dr. Newcombe in August 1894 



