216 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



175. Fulmar Petrel. Fulmarus filacialis, Lin- 

 iiffius. French, " Petrel fulmar.''— The Fulmar 

 Petrel, Avandering bird as it is, especially during 

 the autumn, at which time of year it has occurred 

 in all the western counties of England, very seldom 

 finds its way to the Channel Islands, as the only 

 occurrence of which I am aware is one which I 

 picked up dead on the shore in Cobo Bay on the 

 14th of November, 1875, after a very heavy gale. 

 In very bad weather, and after long-continued gales, 

 this bird seems to be occasionally di-iveu ashore, 

 either OAving to starvation or from getting caught in 

 the crest of a Avave AAdien trying to hover close over 

 it, after the manner of a ShearAvater, as this is 

 the second I have picked up under nearly the same 

 circumstances, the first being in November, 1866, 

 when I found one not quite dead on the shore near 

 Dawlish, in South Devon. It must be very seldom, 

 however, that the Fulmar visits the Channel Islands, 

 as neither Mr. Couch nor ]\Irs. Jago had ever had 

 one through their hands, and Mr. MacCulloch 

 has never heard of a Channel Island specimen 

 occurring. 



It is not included in Professor Ansted's list, and 

 there is no specimen in the Museum. 



176. Storm Petrel. TJiahissiih-oma x>da(iica, 

 Linnaeus. French, " Thalassidrome tempete." — 

 Mr. Gallienne, in his remarks published with 



