THE BIRDS OF THE ISLAND OK TIKI I 245 



have no objection to salt water, as I have seen them diving on the 

 sea at Gott Bay. A few pairs have remained to breed in recenl 

 years among the reeds at Island Loch and at Loch Vasapol. 



Storm Petrel {Procellaria pelagica). This Petrel is not 

 uncommon off the coast of the island in summer. I have seen a 

 few flitting about over the sea at Kennavara, and I think a few may 

 probably breed in the gullies there. Last August I saw a young 

 Storm Petrel get up from a ditch beside the public road at 

 Barrapol. The bird rose quite close to me, and I noticed that it 

 was quite a young bird. Barrapol is only a short distance from 

 Kennavara. I have also noticed them in the late evenings flitting 

 over the sea off Scarinish. 



Leach's Forked-tailed Petrel {Ocean odro/na leucorrhod). I 

 once found a bird of this species which had been killed by flying 

 against the telegraph wire. I have not noticed any more, so that it 

 must be of rare occurence here. 



Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis). This bird is very rare 

 about here. I found one dead on the reef in October 1891, which 

 was recorded in the Annals of Scottish Natural History, 1892, 

 p. 74. 



Manx Shearwater (Puffinus anglorum). These Shearwaters 

 are occasionally abundant, especially in autumn. They come 

 inshore in crowds at times when fish are plentiful, to feed on the 

 same fry that their prey are feeding on. The natives call them 

 " Fachachs," and consider it a good plan to fish where the 

 " Fachachs " are flying about. They do not breed on the island, 

 but their breeding haunts are at no great distance. 



Fulmar {Fulmarus g/acia/is). Fulmars are not uncommon 

 round the coast, but are never numerous. I have noticed an 

 odd bird flying over land now and again, but they keep mostly 

 out at sea. 



