152 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



PUFFINUS GRAVIS 



325. Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly) — THE GREAT SHEAR- 

 WATER. 



Procellaria gravis O'Reilly, Greenland, adjacent seas, etc., p. 140, 

 pi. 12, fig. 1 (1818 — Cape Farewell and Staten Hook to Newfoundland). 

 Puffinus major F. Faber, Yarrell, iv, p. 12 ; P. gravis (O'Reilly), Saunder.?, 

 p. 737. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Autumn-visitor. Most frequent and 

 regular off coasts of south-west England, western isles Scotland, and 

 south and west coasts Ireland. Fairly frequent off Yorks. coast, 

 but seldom noticed elsewhere on east coast. Very seldom near 

 land. Often in flocks and generally seen Aug. to Nov., but not 

 infrequently late June and July. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Atlantic Ocean from Arctic Circle to south 

 Africa and Cape Horn. Only known with certainty to breed in the 

 Tristan d'Acunha grouj), but probabh^ nests in other localities in 

 the Southern Hemisphere. 



PUPFINUS KUHUI 



326. Puffinus kuhlii kuhlii (Boie)— THE MEDITERRANEAN 



GREAT SHEARWATER. 



Procellaria kuhlii Boie, Isis, 1835, p. 257 (Corsica). 



Puffinus kuhlii (Boie), W. R. Butterfield, Bull. B.O.C., xvi, p. 71 ; 



Saunders, Brit. B., i, p. 16. 



Distribution. — England. — One. Female picked up Pevensev Beach 

 (Sussex) Feb. 21, 1906 {ut supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Mediterranean Sea, from Palestine to 

 Spain. Replaced in north Atlantic by another form inhabiting east 

 Atlantic Islands, and probabh' by still another on eastern American 

 coast, though the distinctness of last is doubtful. 



PUFFINUS GRISEUS 



327. Puffinus griseus (Gm.)— THE SOOTY SHEARWATER. 



Procellaria grisea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, ii, p. 564 (1789 — Southern 



Hemisphere). 



Puffinus griseus (Gmelin), Yarrell, iv, p. 17 : Saunders, p. 739. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Autumn-visitor (Aug. -Oct., ex- 

 ceptionally Nov. and Dec). Chiefly noticed off Firth of Forth, 

 coast Yorks., along Channel from Sussex to Cornwall (only twice 



