The Sooty Shearwater 

 THE SOOTY SHEARWATER 



Puffinus griseus (J. F. Gmelin) 



This species visits us yearly but is much scarcer than 

 the Great Shearwater. 



Its only known nesting haunts are in Chatham Islands 

 and others near New Zealand, but the birds which visit us 

 probably nest in the South Atlantic. 



The whole of the plumage is brown, rather greyer below 

 and more mottled. Legs blackish outside, lilac grey within. 

 Length 18 in. ; wing 1 2 in. 



THE MEDITERRANEAN GREAT 

 SHEARWATER 



Puffinus kuhli (Boie) 



A single specimen of this Atlantic and Mediterranean 

 Shearwater was picked up on the Sussex coast in 1906. 

 It is similar to the Dusky Shearwater but greyer, wings and 

 tail blackish brown, under parts pure white. Length 17*25 

 in. ; wing 12*75 in. 



THE MANX SHEARWATER 



Puffinus anglorum (Temminck) 



The Manx Shearwater is the commonest of the Shear- 

 waters that are found round our coasts. It is resident 



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