362 Web-footed Birds of Devonshire. 



near Lundy Island, in the year 1829 : and Professor Jameson 

 suggests that it might have been one which had been obtained by 

 Mr. Stevenson in St. Kilda, and escaped from the light-house 

 keeper of Pladda, about that time, when on its way to Edinburgh. 

 (See Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Oct., 1831.) 



Fam. ii. Longipenndta. 



Gen. Procella^ria. — Subgen. 1. Piffinus. 



1. Pufn v nus Anglorum, the Shearwater. This bird is often met with by 



our fishermen in the vicinity of the Eddystone. In October, 1832, 

 seven were obtained in the Sound by Mr. Drew : two were 

 brought alive to Sir G. Magrath, in the summer of 1833; and 

 two others are in the collection of Bartlett, a bookseller in 

 Plymouth. They breed on Lundy Island. 



2. PuftVnus cinerea, Cinereous shearwater. On obtaining Ey ton's 



History of Rarer British Birds, I searched our collections for this 

 bird, and found that Drew and Pincombe had several specimens, 

 which they had not distinguished from the former species, but 

 merely considered as a larger specimen than usual. Is it the 

 female of P. anglorum ? 



Subgen. 2. Fulmdrus. Wanting. 



Subgen. 3. Thalassidroma. 



1. Thalassidroma pelagica, the Stormy petrel. Stated by Montagu 



to be scarce in Devon ; but great numbers are killed every 

 winter by flying against the lanterns of the Eddystone light, 

 from whence I have obtained several specimens. They often 

 come into the Sound, where five were caught alive, June 15. 

 1830 : we have many specimens. It is known to breed in 

 Cornwall. 



2. Thalassidroma Bullockii, the Fork-tailed petrel; Leach's petrel. 



This bird has been considered very rare. Montagu mentions 

 one Devon specimen, in 1823: however, from Dec. 10. to Dec. 

 20. 1831, according to the newspapers, several were obtained in 

 different parts of the kingdom. About this time, two were 

 caught alive in the streets of Plymouth ; one by Mr. Whipple, 

 the other by Mr. Gosling : the latter is in my possession. The birds 

 seemed exhausted, and made several fruitless attempts to rise. At 

 the same period, another was sent to me from South Milton. A 

 specimen was also obtained here in November, 1835. Bolitho 

 has four, and Mr. Drew two, specimens. 

 Gen. Le'stris. 



1. Lestris Cataractes, the Skua gull. This used to be considered 

 very rare here, but, I suspect, has been confounded with the 

 wagel ; as a little attention in preserving specimens has furnished 

 several instances. It frequently accompanies the fishing-boats ; 

 and on Feb. 16. 1835, a fine specimen was brought to me alive, 

 by a trawl-boy, who caught it with a boat-hook, after it had 

 gorged itself, while the.whale was here. (See Phalaropus lobatus, 

 p. 322.) A great many were obtained by Drew, Pincombe, and 

 others. 



3. Le'stris Richardsonii, Arctic gull. If the black-toed gull of Bewick 



is the young, I possess a specimen, which was caught in an ex- 

 hausted state, after a storm, in Catwater, Plymouth, Oct. 9. 1828. 

 Two others were obtained by Drew at the same time ; and another 

 was killed at Mothecombe, by Mr. Tonkins, gamekeeper, and sent 

 to R. Julian, Esq., of Estover. 



4. Lestris parasiticus, Arctic jager. A bird corresponding to the 



account in Eyton, except that the neck is mottled with black, 



