THE BIRD BOOK 
94. Sooty Shearwater. Puffins fuligi- 
nosus. 
Range. — A common species off the Atlantic 
coast in summer; breeds along our northern 
coasts, and it is also supposed that many of 
them nest in southern seas and reach our 
coasts early in the summer. These Shear- 
waters are entirely sooty gray, being some- 
what lighter below. They are called “black 
haglets” by the fishermen, whose vessels they 
follow in the hope of procuring bits of refuse. 
They commonly nest in burrows in the ground, 
but are also said to build in fissures among 
the ledges. Their single white egg measures 
2.55 x 1.75. Data.- — Island in Ungava Bay, 
northern Labrador, June 14, 1896. Egg laid in 
a fissure of a sea cliff. Collector, A. N. Mc- 
Ford. 
Dark-bodied Shearwater 
Slender-billed Shearwater 
Sooty Shearwater 
95. Dark-bodied Shearwater. 
Puffinus griseus. 
This is a southern species which, after hav- 
ing nested on islands in the far south during 
our winter, comes north and appears off the 
Pacific coast of the United States during the 
summer. It is a similar bird to the Sooty Shear- 
water, but is considerably darker and the under 
coverts are whitish. Their nesting habits are 
the same as those of other members of the fam- 
ily. Size of egg, 2.40 x 1.65. Data. — Stewart’s 
Island, New Zealand, February 15, 1896. Single 
egg at the end of a long burrow. 
96. Slender-billed Shearwater. Puffinus 
tenuirostris. 
Range. — Northern Pacific Ocean in the sum- 
mer, extending from Japan and Alaska south- 
ward. Supposed to breed in the southern hemis- 
phere, as well as probably on some of the Aleu- 
tians in Alaska. 
96.1. Wedge-tailed Shearwater. Puffinus 
cuneatus. 
Range. — North Pacific, breeding on the Revil- 
lagigedo Islands off the coast of Mexico, and 
probably on some of the small islands in the 
Gulf of California. 
[97-] Black-tailed Shearwater. Priofinus 
cinerus 
This is a Shearwater which inhabits the south- 
ern hemisphere, but which has accidentally wan- 
dered to the Pacific coast of the United States. 
It is dark above and whitish below, with black 
under tail coverts. It breeds in the far south. 
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