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mentioned specimens appear to have been driven north by 

 stress of weather, the first bird having been captured on board 

 a small sloop, while the Suffolk specimen appeared to have 

 been injured by hitting itself against a tree. A third example 

 in the British Museum is said to have been shot in Devon- 

 shire. It was formerly in Mr. Gould's collection, whence it 

 passed into that of Messrs. Salvin & Godman (Cf. Salvin, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 384). 



Range outside the British Islands. — According to Mr. Salvin, 

 the range of this species extends over the tropical and sub- 

 tropical seas of the whole world. 



Habits. — Colonel Feilden found this species breeding on 

 " Bird " Rock, off Barbados. 



Nest. — None. Laid in a hole in a rock (cf. Feilden, Ibis. 

 1889, pp. 60, 503). 



Eggs. — White. Axis, 2*0 inches; diam., 1-4. 



v. THE SOOTY SHEARWATER. PUFFINUS GRISEUS. 



Procellaria grtsea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 564 (1788). 



Fuffinus griseus, Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p. 523, pi. 616 (1877); 

 B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 198 (1883) ; Saunders, ed. Yarrell's 

 Brit. B. iv. p. 17 (1884); Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 427 

 (1885); Saunders, Man. Brit. B. p. 717 (1829); Salvin, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. p. 386 (1896). 



Adult Male. — General colour above sooty-brown, with a slight 

 greyish shade on the edges of the feathers of the back, less 

 distinct on the lower back and rump, which appear darker ; 

 wing-coverts rather blacker than the back, with a greyish shade 

 on the greater and primary-coverts ; quills blackish, with a 

 grey shade externally, the inner webs paler and more ashy ; 

 tail black ; head sooty black, a little darker than the back ; 

 lores and sides of face like the crown ; cheeks and under 

 surface of body slaty grey, browner on the sides of body, 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts white, 

 with dusky shafts ; axillaries sooty-brown, like the flanks ; 

 quills ashy below ; bill horn-colour; tarsi and toes dark hazel. 

 Total length, 18 inches; culmen, i-6; wing, 11-5; tail, 3-6; 

 tarsus, 2'o. 



