NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. SI 



87. SLENDER-BILLED FTJLMAB. Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith.) Geog. 

 Dist. — Seas of the Southern Hemisphere, and northward along Pacific coast of North 

 America. 



The nesting habits and the eggs of bird are, so far as I can ascertain, unknown. 



88. CORY'S SHEARWATER. Puffinus horealis Cory. Geog. Dist.-^Oft the 

 coast of Massachusetts. 



This sDecies was described by the late Charles B. Cory in the Bulletin of the 

 Nuttal Ornithological Club, Vol. VI, April, 1881, p. §4. A number.of specimens of this 

 bird were taken near Chatham Island, Cape Cod, Mass., on the 11th of October. We 

 have no knowledge of its nesting habits or eggs. 



89. GREATER SHEARWATER. Pufflnus major .Faber. Geog. Dist.— At- 

 lantic Ocean. 



A wanderer over the entire Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes seen in immense 

 flocks skimming the billows in its light and graceful manner, similar to the smaller 

 Petrels. Its flight is described as most beautiful, gliding as it does through the air 

 without visible motion of its wings. It also swims and dives with ease. Common 

 Atlantic and Wandering Shearwater are other names by which it is known. There 

 appears to be very little knowledge in the regard to nesting habits of the Greater 

 Shearwater. It is known, however, to breed in the islands of the North Atlantic 

 and is often confounded with other species of Shearwaters. Dr. Brewer describes 

 an egg of this bird, collected on an island of South Greenland, as being nearly oval 

 in shape, with a ground color, originally white, but soiled by the peaty black- earth 

 from which it was excavated; size 2.88x2.00. Another from the same locality is of 

 smaller size, and yellowish-white, which measures 2.75x1.85. 



90. MANX SHEARWATER. Pufflnus puffinus (Brunn.) Geog. Dist.— North 

 Atlantic, chiefly the eastern side; rare or casual off the North American coast (?). 



In many places in the regions of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas and the 

 Grecian Archipelago this is a common species. It is said to wander to Greenland. 

 Breeds on the islands of Pantellaria, Gozo, Malta, and other smaller islands of the 

 Mediterranean, depositing a single pure white egg on the bare ground, in crevices, 

 or under fragments of rocks. This species also breeds on the islands off the southern 

 coast of France, where it nests in cavities under rocks, laying upon the ground. 

 The eggs are described as pure white, sometimes tinted with gray, measuring 2.36x 

 1.62. The principal food of this bird is fish, mollusks and crustaceans, which it col- 

 lects from the surface of the water. 



91. PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER. Pufflnus creatopus Coues. Geog. 

 Dist. — Pacific Ocean ; on the American coast from Lower California to Juan Fernandes 

 Islands. 



Little is known concerning this Shearwater and nothing whatever concerning 

 its eggs. 



92. ATIDTTBON'S SHEARWATER. Pufflnus auduboni Finch. Geog. Dist. — 

 Atlantic Ocean, from New Jersey southward. 



Audubon's Dusky Shearwater is found on the Atlantic coast of the United States 

 from New Jersey to Florida. It wanders to the coast of Africa, where it is said to 

 breed on the islands lying on the west coast. It breeds in the Bermudas and the 

 Bahamas, and nests especially in abundance on most of the uninhabited Keys of the 



