Order ALCIFORMES. 



Suborder TUBINARES. 



Family PROCELLARIIDi?:. 



STOEMY PETREL. Procellaria pelagica. 



Kesident on rocky islands off various parts of the British coast. Breeds 

 oa islands in the North Atlantic, migrating in winter from the northern 

 parts of its range to the coasts of West and South Africa. 



LEACH'S PETREL. Procellaria leachi. 



Occasional visitor to all our coasts, breeding on a few of the Western 

 Islands of Scotland and Ireland. Resident in the North Atlantic and 

 North Pacific Oceans, breeding on islands. 



WILSON'S PETREL. Oceanites wilsoni. 



Occasional visitor to the coasts of England and Ireland. Breeds in 

 December on Kerguelen Island, and probably on other islands in the 

 southern hemisphere, wondering after the breeding-season to the oceans 

 of the northern hemisphere. 



Family PUFFINID^. 



MANX SHEARWATER. Puffinus anglorum. 



Common resident, breeding on various islands off the coasts of Ireland 

 and the west of Scotland and England. Atlantic and Mediterranean 

 species breeding from Iceland to the Azores. In winter occasionally found 

 on the American coast. 



GREAT SHEARWATER. Puffinus major. 



Frequent but irregular visitor to all our coasts. Breeding-grounds 

 unknown. Is common in the Atlantic, and has once occurred in the South 

 Pacific. 



