Puffinus griseus (Gmel.).
During the fall of 1895 Dr. C. F. Newcombe found this species common on the West Coast of Queen Charlotte Islands. Since then one was picked up dead on the beach near Victoria.
40. Slender-billed Shearwater.
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temm.).
Not common; one specimen shot at William Head and presented to the
Museum by T. Kermode, February 23rd, 1904.
OCEANODROMA Reichenbach.
41. Gray Fork-tailed Petrel.
Oceanodroma furcata (Gmel.).
Found along both coasts of Vancouver Island, but more common on the
Pacific Coast; a few have been taken in the Straits near Victoria.
Very rare at Metlakatla; one picked up exhausted.
(Rev. J. H. Keen.)
42. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. White-rumped Petrel.