300 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
MEDITERRANE@M@N SHEARWATER. 
Puffinus kuhli (ove). 
Adult : “Crown, nape and hind neck cinereous-brown, be- 
coming paler and greyer on the sides of the head and of the 
neck ; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts similarly coloured, 
but the feathers are margined with pale brownish-cinereous ; 
primary-quills blackish ; secondaries, scapulars, and wing- 
coverts dark brown, the latter with lighter margins ; tail dark 
brown, darker towards the tip; under parts pure white; bill 
livid yellowish, becoming dark brownish-horn at the point; 
legs livid yellowish; iris dark brown. Total length about 18 
inches ; culmen 2°8 ; wing 13°6 ; tail 5°6 ; tarsus 2°1 ” (Dresser). 
Young: “Upper parts deeper in colour than the adult, 
and the under parts less pure white in coloration; beak dark 
horn ; legs livid bluish ” (Dresser). 
Distribution: Resident in the Mediterranean and on the 
coasts of Madeira and the Canary Islands. 
Habitat: Similar to that of P. anglorum. 
GREATER SHEARWATER. 
Puffinus major Fader. 
Adult: Above ashy-grey, with paler margins to most of the 
feathers, neck white nearly all round; wings and tail nearly 
black ; deneath white, less pure towards the vent, where it is 
slightly marked with greyish-brown ; bill dark horn-colour ; 
legs and toes brown ; webs yellowish flesh-colour ; irides dark 
brown. Length 18 to 19 inches; culmen 1°8; wing 12°5 
to ra stail'ay > tarsus 272; 
Distribution : Inhabits the Atlantic Ocean. Of irregular 
occurrence on the British coasts in autumn. Has occurred on 
Heligoland. 
Habitat: Similar to that of P. anglorum. 
SOOTY SHEARWATER. 
Puffinus griseus (Gwel/.). 
Adult: Adove sooty-brown, with pale margins to feathers of 
