Catalogue of British Columbia Birds Part 3

DIOMEDEA Linnaeus.

35. Black-footed Albatross.

_Diomedea nigripes_ (Aud.).

West Coast of Vancouver Island. (_Fannin_.) Rare at Queen Charlotte Islands. (_Rev. J. H. Keen_.) One specimen taken near Nanaimo, June 3th, 1904.

36. Short-tailed Albatross.

_Diomedea albatrus_ (Pall.)

In April, 1894, I found this species quite common in the Pacific Ocean, near Cape Beale.

Tolerably common on both coasts of Vancouver Island, but more abundant on the West Coast; a few have been taken in the straits off Victoria Harbour. (_Fannin_.)

Family PROCELLARIIDae. Fulmars & Shearwaters.

FULMARUS Stephens.

37. Pacific Fulmar.

_Fulmarus glacialis glupischa_ (Stejn.).

One specimen taken at Chemainus, Vancouver Island, November, 1895.

(_Fannin_.)

PUFFINUS Brisson.

38. Black-vented Shearwater.

_Puffinus opisthomelas_ (Coues).

Not common; four specimens taken off Albert Head, October 24th, 1891.

39. Dark-bodied Shearwater.

_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.

_Oceanodroma leucorrhoa_ (Vieill.) Coues.

West Coast of Vancouver Island. Four specimens taken in Hecate Strait, July, 1904. One specimen found dead on beach off Beacon Hill, Victoria, November, 1893.

Order STEGANOPODES. Totipalmate Swimmers.

Family PHALACROCORACIDae. Cormorants.

PHALACROCORAX Brisson.

43. White-crested Cormorant.

_Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinnatus_ (Brandt).

Common on both coasts of Vancouver Island and coast of Mainland, from Race Rocks to Alaska.

44. Brandt's Cormorant. Pencilled Cormorant.

_Phalacrocorax penicillatus_ (Brandt).

Two specimens were killed in the Straits, near Victoria, by D. E.

Campbell, April 19th, 1897. Later in the month another specimen was found on the beach at Beacon Hill.

45. Violet-green Cormorant.

_Phalacrocorax pelagicus robustus_ (Ridgw.).

This is the most abundant Cormorant in the Province, and is found along both coasts of the Island, and has been taken as far north as Port Simpson. Breeds on islands close to Sidney Island. Common at Metlakatla. (_Rev. J. H. Keen_.)

Family PELECANIDae. Pelicans.

PELECa.n.u.s Linnaeus.

46. American White Pelican.

_Peleca.n.u.s erythrorhynchos_ (Gmel.).