. North American birds eggs . r Shearwater, differing (diiefiy in the yellowish bill andpinkish colored 50 North American Birds Eggs. 92. Audubon Shearwater. Fiiffinua Uicnninieri. Range.—Middle Atlantic, ranging north in late summer to Long bird, having a length of but twelve inches, is the smallest of the Shear-waters found along our coasts. Large colonies of them breed on some of the the small islands and keys of the West ~ -^ Indies and Bahamas, and not so com- ~^-^. monly in the Bermudas. Their eggs, ^ which are pure white, are deposited at the \ end of burrows dug by
. North American birds eggs . r Shearwater, differing (diiefiy in the yellowish bill andpinkish colored 50 North American Birds Eggs. 92. Audubon Shearwater. Fiiffinua Uicnninieri. Range.—Middle Atlantic, ranging north in late summer to Long bird, having a length of but twelve inches, is the smallest of the Shear-waters found along our coasts. Large colonies of them breed on some of the the small islands and keys of the West ~ -^ Indies and Bahamas, and not so com- ~^-^. monly in the Bermudas. Their eggs, ^ which are pure white, are deposited at the \ end of burrows dug by the birds. Size of egg 2. X Their nesting season , commences about the latter part of March I and continues through April and May, After the young are able to Hy, like other members of the family, the birds become ocean wanderers and stray north to southern New England. Data.—Bahamas, .Vpril 13, ISSIl. Single egg laid at the end of a burrow about two feet in length. ,„,,_., , Collector, D. P. Ingraham. [ ,. [] Allied Shearwater. (isiiiiniliti. Tliis is an Australian and New Zealand spscies that has accidentally strayedto the shores of Nova Scotia. 93. Black-vented Shearwater. Pnffiiuis Range. —Middle Pacific coast of the Americas, north in late summer along thecoast of California. This species breeds commonly on the islands off the coastsof Lower California, especially on the Gulf side. Their single egg is white, size2. X , and is located at the end of a burrow. Data.—Natividad Is., LowerCalifornia, April 10, 1897. Single egg laid on the sand at the end of a burrowsix feet in length. Collector, A. VV. Anthony. Townsend Shearwater. Piifliiuii aurindiiris. This bird ranges from Cape St. Lucas, south along the Pacific coast of Mexico,breeding on the Revillagigedo Islands ot^ the Mexican coast. 94. Sooty Shearwater. Puffiinis fuligino-ius. Range.—A common species off the Atlantic coast in summer; breeds alongour n
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