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.