TUBINARES. 



MANX SHEARWATER. 21 



PROCELLARIIBM. 



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PuFFiNus ANGLORUM (Temminck*). 

 THE MANX SHEARWATER. 



Puffiniis anglorum. 



The Manx Shearwater is the commonest species of the 

 genus in the British seas, and as the period of incuhation 

 approaches it resorts to many portions of our coast, generally 

 selecting small islands which are seldom made the residence 

 of man. It owes its trivial name to Willughhy, who speaks 

 of it as the Puffin of the Isle of Man, where in his time, and 

 until a comparatively recent date, it was abundant on the 

 small island off the south-western extremity, known as the 

 Calf of Man. In this locality it is believed by Mr. Crellin 

 to have been extirpated by rats. Mr. T. Dix, writing in 

 1869, says that it breeds in numbers on Caldy Island, off 

 Tenby, as well as on Skomer and Skokhum, two smaller 

 islands to the northward (Zool. s.s. p. 1681) ; and a few 



* Procellaria anglorum, Temminck, Man. d'orn. ii. p. 806 (1820). 



