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MANX SHEAEWATEE. 



Fuffinus anglovuin (Temminck) . Man. cVOrn., ii., 

 p. 80G (1820). 



This species is more often found on the coast of Kent 

 than the former. It comes into the estuaries and bays 

 along the coast, generally in the aiitmnn and winter. 



Mr. G. Dowker mentions it from Dover Bay. The 

 Eev. C. H. Fielding states it has been obtained at Erith. 

 Writing on October 21, 1862, Mr. H. L. Saxby says : 

 " Yesterday afternoon I saw a specimen of the above 

 in this harbour (Sheerness). It was sitting rather deeply 

 in the water, and although making vigorous use of its 

 feet, was being so rapidly carried backwards by the ebb 

 tide and heavy south-west gale that it was occasionally 

 compelled to take wing in order to avoid being drifted 

 too close to the ships. It rose from the surface with 

 very little effort, and had rather a graceful appearance 

 when upon the wing, but its mode of flight was peculiar, 

 owing to the bird's strange but well-known habit of 

 making an occasional rapid stop, apparently with no 

 other object than that of dashing aside the water with 

 its breast, immediately afterwards ascending in a gentle 

 curve. Although it was at times completely at the mercy 

 of the wind and tide it seemed to be perfectly at ease, 

 dipping and preening its feathers and sometimes rising 

 upon its feet as it flapped the water from its wings. It 

 proved to be a female in good condition." 



