TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS 
91. Pink-footed Shearwater. Puffinus 
creatopus 
Range— Pacific Ocean, north on American side 
to California in summer. 
This species, whose breeding habits are little 
known, is similar in size and color to the Greater 
Shearwater, differing chiefly in the yellowish bill 
and pinkish colored feet. 
92. Audubon’s Shearwater. Puffinus 
Iherminieri. 
Range.— Middle Atlantic, ranging north in late 
summer to Long Island. 
This bird, having a length of but twelve inches, 
is the smallest of the Shearwaters found along our 
coasts. Large colonies of them breed on some 
of the small islands and keys of the West Indies 
and Bahamas, and not so commonly in the Ber- 
mudas. Their eggs, which are pure white, are de- 
posited at the end of burrows dug by the birds. 
Size of egg 2. x 1.35. Their nesting season com- 
mences about the latter part of March and con- 
tinues through April and May. After the young 
are able to fly, like other members of the family, 
the birds become ocean wanderers and stray 
north to southern New England. Data. — Bahamas, 
April 13, 1891. Single egg laid at the end of a 
burrow about two feet in length. Collector, D. 
P. Ingraham. 
[92.1.] Allied Shearwater. Puffinus 
assimilis. 
This is an Australian and New Zealand species 
that has accidentally strayed to the shores of 
Nova Scotia. 
Pink-footed Shearwater 
Black-vented Shearwater 
Townsend’s Shearwater 
93. Black-vented Shearwater. Puffinus opisthomelas. 
Range. — Middle Pacific coast of the Americas, north in late summer along 
the coast of California. This species breeds commonly on the islands off the 
coast of Lower California, especially on the Gulf side. Their single egg is 
white, size 2. x 1.30, and is located at the end of a burrow. Data. — Natividad 
Is., Lower California, April 10, 1897. Single egg laid on the sand at the 
end of a burrow six feet in length. Collector, A. W. Anthony. 
93.1. Townsend’s Shearwater. Puffinus auricularis. 
This bird ranges from Cape St. Lucas, south along the Pacific coast of Mex- 
ico, breeding on the Revillagigedo Islands off the Mexican coast. 
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