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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
its mate ranges the ocean for food, which consists of small fish and 
squids, crustaceans, 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. 
egc. White. Breeding-season: November to March (southern hemi¬ 
sphere); May to August (northern hemisphere). 
23. Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris Temminck 
ten-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 Shear¬ 
water, Bonaparte's Shearwater, and Slender-billed Petrel. Arrives in 
immense flocks oil 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 and 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 crass or 
feathers. b 
egg. White. Breeding-season: November to April. 
25. Fleshy-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes Gould 
car'-ne-i-pes— L., carneus, fleshy; L., pes (pedis ), foot. 
distribution. The coasts of south-western and southern Aus- 
