Notes on Birds of Grand Ban . 
Jt. Li.NawoomL. - 1S78, 
The next day (August 30 ) 
the first Shearwater (Puffinus major), the “ Plagdon ” of the fishermen, 
was met with, the vessel being then just out of sight of land. 
Bull. N.O.O. 4, April, 1870, p. 127 
Notes on Birds of Grand Ban’-s. 
R. L.Nevroonab. - 1878, 
The men were dressing fish, and ‘ Hags ^were numerous 
and bold, coming within six feet of me to pick up fish livers. Betel* fey ifce 
h ombIwmB sgH . i .i U ii ' ibL 
A f~ - 
Bull. N.O.O. 4, April, 1870, p.12* 
fia/u, t$Asic>Li -cA. A/uv**, A CfrCdu . 
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In July, 
1881, Wm. S. Gilpin shot a Shearwater, or 
Puffinus major . This pelagic species, com¬ 
mon on the banks, had evidently been 
blown in.. 
Cp.+(P. V//. H' y. 122" 
Birds of N.E. coast of Labrador 
by Henry B. Bigelow. 
20. Puffinus major. Greater Shearwater; IIagdon. — Common 
in large flocks offshore. We occasionally ran into great flocks of these 
birds a good way offshore. They were very tame and would hardly take 
wing before the schooner ran them down. 
Auk, XIX, Jan., 1902, p.27. 
cfc-*— Irov^o A %JU 
WA ( aTi , Vk. 
Puffinus gravis. Greater Shearwater. Puffinus fuligi- 
nosus. — Sooty Shearwater. —Four of the latter and one of the 
former were seen at sea south of the island, the numbers of the two 
species being in inverse order to their usual proportion. 
(LAx. C*f*< bffiX. _ 
