The Birds of Pembrokeshire. 
quiet some of the birds were emboldened to alight almost 
within arm’s reach, and presently we saw a pure white Puffin, 
white all over, save for the wings that were black, fly within a 
few feet of us. In Mr. Vaughan Davies’ house there is pre- 
served a beautiful specimen of a perfect albino Puffin that had 
been obtained on the island, and we were informed that 
varieties are rare, and that this was the only albino that had ever 
occurred. Mr. Dix relates that on Caldy Island, where Puffins 
are also numerous, there was in his time a very cruel custom 
that we heartily trust has been put a stop to by the Sea Birds’ 
Preservation Act, viz., the men and boys of Tenby used to 
slaughter the Puffins wholesale on Whit Monday, and adds: 
“Tt is as much an institution with them as May Day with the 
sweeps.” We are told that on Grasholm the Puffins are a week 
or ten days later in nesting than they are on Skomer and 
Ramsey. In the winter the Puffins disappear from all the 
islands, and are distributed over the seas. They do not appear 
to go far up the Bristol Channel, as the Guillemots and Razor- 
bills do, as we have never met with any, and there are but few 
instances of stragglers having been noticed on the Somerset 
coasts. The singular fact is reported from one of the Light 
Houses at the entrance to Milford Haven that Puffins strike 
against the light annually at the beginning of September, and do 
not do so at any other season of the year. At Caldy they visit 
the Light House in the spring ; twenty occurred there at6 a.m 
on March 4, 1886. 
