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just as in the case of the fulmar — the blackish eye-spot, and the whitish 
margin to the rear edge of the extended wing, are the most striking field 
marks. Petrels were still skimming the sea when the sun had set in a 
blaze behind a peak of Paramushir island, this lying 20 miles to westward 
in half-shrouded silhouette.” 
August 4. “At noon we ran into a flock of 300 to 500 Fork-tailed 
Petrels that made a short diversion. They were skimming the water on 
speedy wings and congregating here and there densely as though they were 
finding food. Their actions were almost axactly like those of the fulmars 
off Copper island in the spring. At this time (August 4) we were 25 miles 
off the easternmost tip of Copper island. The petrels were the birds seen 
in largest numbers during the day. 
During several nights in Bering sea an attempt was made to “jack- 
light” sea-birds from the deck. “August 7. On middle watch (12 p.m. 
to 4 a.m.). Used a 75-watt electric bulb in a coal-oil tin reflector. First 
half hour of watch was foggy with a driving mizzle; the usual gentle swell 
on the sea. Birds came in sight constantly. Several times a peeping 
could be heard, but the authors were obscure, only one or two whizzing 
auklets or murrelets being seen. But the petrels flew in the light almost 
continually. A fulmar followed for a few minutes in the light and then 
came aboard, but the petrels refused to do so.” 
Oeeanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot). Leach's Petrel 
Like the foregoing species this petrel was seen only on the return trip, 
but it was never met in any numbers. The first was seen east of Copper 
island, August 4, and its greatest numbers were met next day when, north- 
east of Attu island, six were recorded in the forenoon and twenty in the 
evening. Single birds were seen on August 6 and 13; and on the 14th, not 
far west of Prince Rupert, seven or eight were counted in the day's observa- 
tions. The general behaviour of this petrel is similar to that of the Fork- 
tailed. Often the two species were seen in company and comparison 
rendered easy. The blackish-coated Leach's Petrel, with the white rump, 
could be identified at a very long range. The only specimen secured was 
a bird that came aboard just before dawn, August 5. 
6 100 miles north of Kyska island, Aleutian island. August 5. 
Phalacrocorax auritas cinema tus (Brandt). White-crested Cor- 
morant 
On February 28, between Esquimalt and Ladysmith, V.I., a large 
number of cormorants were seen both on the water and in flight. The 
cormorants were the most numerous diving birds seen during the day. 
All the birds close enough to allow a fair observation were large, slow of 
wing flap, and thick of neck — that is, by comparison with the common 
Pelagics of these waters. In all the birds examined — perhaps two hundred 
— not a white-flank could be found. There were few in the brownish 
plumage. The probabilities all seemed to point toward White-crested 
Cormorants. Very few of these large birds were seen later to be recognized. 
Phalacrocorax pelagicus pelagicus Pallas. Pelagic Cormorant 
In one or other of its two forms this small cormorant was seen in the 
spring almost daily from Seymour narrows, B.C., to Hitokappu, Yetorup 
island, in the southern Kurils. It was seen at almost every harbour and 
