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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
ceans, and other floating or surface-living animals, and also scraps from 
ships. Although a silent place during the day, throughout the night a 
rookery is noisy with the cries, shrieks, and wails of the birds. Breeds on 
many islands elsewhere in the Pacific Ocean, and in the Indian Ocean. 
Nest . — In a hollow at the end of a burrow or in a natural cavity; lined 
with a few pieces of grass or feathers. 
Egg . — White. Breeding-season: November to March (southern 
hemisphere) ; May to August (northern hemisphere). 
23. Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris Temminck 
t en-u-i-ros -tris — L., tenuis, slender; L., rostrum, bill. 
Distribution. — Bass Strait, the coasts of Tasmania, southern and 
south-eastern Australia, and New Zealand, and the Pacific Ocean to the 
Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea. 
Notes. — Also called Mutton-bird, Seal-bird, Whale-bird, Sooty 
Shearwater, Bonaparte's Shearwater, and Slender-billed Petrel. Arrives 
in immense flocks off our coasts during November, where it takes up its 
quarters in old-established rookeries on islands in Bass Strait, and on the 
coasts of Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. It is similar in habits 
ana economy to the Wedge-tailed Shearwater. In Bass Strait its eggs and 
young form the main support of the islanders. Also breeds on the 
Bounty Islands. 
Nest. — In a hollow at the end of a burrow, lined with grass or 
feathers. 
Egg. — White. Breeding-season: November to March. 
24. Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Gmelin 
gris-e-us — L., griseus , grey. 
Distribution. — The coasts of New South Wales, New Zealand, and 
South America, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, to Kamchatka, Alaska, 
Labrador, Greenland, and The Faeroes. 
Notes. — Also called Mutton-bird and Sombre Shearwater. A rare 
visitor to the coast of New South Wales. Similar in habits and economy 
to the other Shearwaters. Breeds in colonies on the South Island of New 
Zealand, and on Stewart, the Snares, Chatham, and Auckland Islands ; also 
in the Andes of northern Chile, on islands off Cape Horn, and on the 
Falkland Islands. There is one breeding record from Broughton Island. 
Nest. — In a hollow at the end of a burrow, lined with grass or 
feathers. 
Egg . — White. Breeding-season : November to April. 
25. Fleshy-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes Gould 
caP-ne-i-pes — L., carneus, fleshy; L., pes {pedis), foot. 
Distribution. — The coasts of South-western and southern Australia, 
and Tasmania, Lord Howe Island, the North Island of New Zealand, the 
eastern Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean to Japan and California. 
