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more feathers and its flesh is drier. It is quite natural that 

 the northern species should have more fat, I do not know 

 whether P. hiihli remains here through the winter, as is 

 probable. 



The Shearwaters are very useful to the Portuguese fisher- 

 men, as they indicate by their presence the neighbourhood of 

 the sardine-shoals, and also contribute to the general stew- 

 pot. They are caught by trailing after the boat, along the 

 surface of the sea, a line baited with a sardine. It is usual 

 to skin these birds before adding them to the pot, and the 

 fishermen say they are fat, and consider them a great 

 delicacy. P. major is said to be better eating than P. kuhli, 

 as it is fatter and tenderer. They generally keep well out 

 to sea, and approach nearer the coast during rainy weather 

 with southerly winds. 



271. Alca torda, Linn. 



There is a specimen of the Razorbill in the Lisbon Mu- 

 seum obtained from Cesimbra. On the 23rd of January, 

 1872, I bought two specimens hawked for sale at Oporto, 

 said to have been shot on the Ovar-Aveiro lagoon. 



272. LoMviA TROiLE (Linn.) . "Aran," Vianna do Castello, 

 Oporto, Vigo ; '' Airo,^^ Berlenga Island ; '' Carolo,'^ Vigo. 



The Common Guillemot is abundant along the coast of 

 Portugal. It breeds on the Berlenga Islands, chiefly on the 

 large rock O^ da Velha. There is every probability that it is 

 resident. On the 29th of December, 1881, I saw for sale at 

 Oporto a Guillemot of the variety L. lachrymans ; and in 

 the Lisbon Museum there are nine specimens from Cascaes 

 bay ; in fact the only specimen not L. lachrymans is from 

 Peniche. I saw Guillemots on the 4tli June, 1882, in the 

 neighbourhood of Cies Islands, and it is pretty certain that 

 they breed on the rocky coast of Galicia. 



273. Fratercula arctica (Linn.). '^ Papagaio do mar,'^ 

 Oporto. 



The Puffin appears sometimes in the winter months off our 

 coast, and I have a specimen with the winter bill. Mr. 

 Howard Saunders informs me that passing in a steamer 

 he saw large numbers of Puffins off the Berlengas Island 



