Abstract

Since 1962 more than 1, 000 feeble Streaked Shearwaters, Calonectris leucomelas fell down in and around the Kinki district. The shearwaters breed on the Kanmuri-jima Island about 30 km off Maizuru City.Most birds were captured in the beginning of November when they left from the island.The heaviest one was 600 g in body weight and the lightest one was 230g. Allmost of all birds were young with juvenile plumage.945 birds out of 985 were released to the Japan Sea.

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