PUFFIN. 241 
a bird in rough weather in the river near Liverpool. 
Mr. H. H. Corbett informs us that he examined a 
Little Auk found alive on Alderley Edge some time 
between 1875 and 1880. A bird, which was shot on 
the wing at Manley during a heavy gale in the winter 
of 1886, is now in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester.? 
In the winter of 1895-96, Little Auks invaded the 
east coast of Britain in thousands, and were recorded 
from many inland localities. We have seen one which 
was taken at this time during heavy weather on Mar- 
bury Mere, near Northwich. 
SUB-FAMILY FRATERCULIN A. 
PUFFIN. 
FRATERCULA ARCTICA (Linneus). 
This bird breeds in considerable numbers on Priest- 
holme, or, as it is generally called, Puffin Island, at the 
eastern entrance of the Menai Straits, and individuals 
wander occasionally to the Cheshire shore. Byerley 
states that Puffins have been taken on the Mersey as 
far up as Runcorn.? Storm-driven birds are sometimes 
picked up in an exhausted condition inland; one was 
taken alive on the Eaton Estate in the winter of 
1885-86, and another was found in a wood at Crab- 
wall, near Chester, on October 27th, 1893.2 
1 Brockholes, op. cit. p. 15. 
2 Dobie, op. cit. p. 346. 3 Byerley, op. cit. p. 22. 
