THE GREATER SHEARWATER. 



PUFFINUS MAJOR. 



Bill two inches long ; tail pointed ; upper plumage dusky ; under, deep ash- 

 grey. Length eighteen inches. 



The Greater Shearwater is far less abundant than the 

 preceding species, and may indeed be considered a rarity. 

 A few solitary specimens have from time to time been shot 

 on various parts of the coast, and they have occasionally 

 been noticed in considerable numbers off the coast of 

 Cornwall. In the Scilly Islands, where they are called 

 '^Hackbolts," they are said to be yet more frequent. The 

 Greater Shearwater differs little in habits, as far as they 

 are known, from the other species. 



