150 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident. Breeds Flannan Isles, 

 St. Kilda group and North Rona (0. Hebrides), and two or three islets 

 off Kerry and Mayo. Elsewhere somewhat irregular visitor (chiefly 

 autumn) to all coasts, and not infrequently driven inland during 

 gales. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — ^North Pacific and north Atlantic Oceans. 

 Breeds in North America from Bay of Fundy to Labrador and in 

 north Pacific, in Europe not outside British Isles, but stragglers 

 occurred Norway, Heligoland, coasts of Germany, Holland, Belgium, 

 France, Portugal, south to Canaries and Azores, and Mediterranean. 



OCEANODROMA CASTRO 



321. Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt) — THE MADEIRAN 



FORK-TAILED PETREL. 



Thalassidroma CASTRO Harcourt, Sketch of Madeira, p. 123 (1851 — 



Desertas near Madeira). 



Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt), Saunders, p. 731. 



Distribution. — England. — Three. One picked up dead Littlestone 

 (Kent) Dec. 5, 1895 (Saunders, p. 731). A female shot near Hythe 

 (Kent) Nov. 8, 1906 (N. F. Ticehurst, Bull. B.O.C., xix, p. 20 ; cf. 

 Brit. B., II, p. 369). One picked up dead Milford (Hants.) Nov. 19, 

 1911 (P. W. Munn, Brit. B., v, p. 252). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Has a curiously wide distribution, breed- 

 ing on outtying rocks of Azores, Canary and Madeira groups, on Cape 

 Verde Islands and probably St. Helena, as well as on Hawaiian and 

 Galapagos Islands in Pacific Ocean. 



OCEANITES OCEANICUS 



322. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl)— WILSON'S PETREL. 



Procellaria oceanica Kuhl, Beitrage z. Zoo!., p. 136, pi. 10, fig. 1 



(1820 — Southern Oceans ; no locality stated). 



Oceanites oceanica (Kuhl), Yarrell, iv, p. 48 ; Saunders, p. 733. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Very rare vagrant. England. — 

 Many seen off Land's End, May, 1838. PoUomng authentic examples 

 since obtained : Cornwall (one), Wilts, (one). Isle of Wight (two), 

 Sussex (one), Yorks. (one), Cumberland (three). Scotland. — One 

 Jura (I. Hebrides) Oct., 1891. Ireland. — Two, Lough Erne (Antrim) 

 and Mossvale (Down) Oct. 1 and 2, 1891. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in South Polar regions, migrating 

 northwards during antarctic winter as far as British Isles and 

 Labrador, having been found in all seas except north Pacific. 



