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PODICIPEDID^. PROCELLARIIDJE. 



364. DABCHICK, or LITTLE GREBE. Podicipes fluviatilis (Tunstall). 

 [Resident : even breeds regularly in St. James's Park, arriving there in 

 spring and leaving late in autumn. 



In summer. Chin black ; cheeks, sides, and front of neck reddish 

 chestnut. 



In winter. Chin white, the reddish chestnut of neck replaced by 

 brown ; iris brown. Length 8-9 inches. 





N.& S.Atlantic, 

 Tdciflc, New 

 Zealand. 



Order TUBINAEES. 



Family PROCELL A RIID^J. 



(Nostrils in a tube.) 



365. FULMAR. Fulmarus glacialis (LinnsBus). Resident, breeding on 

 some islands of N. Scotland. 



Head, neck, and underparts white ; the rest grey. 

 A grey race occurs, with entire plumage ashy brown ; back and 

 wings darker. Length 19 inches. 



366. CAPPED PETREL. CEstrelata hcesitata (Kuhl). One occurrence 

 in Norfolk, in 1850. 



Head, crown, nape, back, and wings dark brown ; rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, forehead, and underparts white ; tail graduated. Length 

 16 inches. 



367. COLLARED PETREL. CEstrelata torquata, John Macgillivray. 

 Reported to have occurred on "Welsh coast (' Ibis,' 1891, p. 411). 



" Above light grey ; face, cheeks, and chin white ; crown, back of 

 head, and neck sooty brown," but varies greatly in depth of colour. 

 Length 12 inches. 



368. GREAT SHEARWATER. Puffinus major, F. Faber. Irregular. 



Head to below eye and nape dark brown, forming a distinct cap ; 

 back of neck whitish, feathers tipped with brown ; cheeks, chin, throat, 

 sides of neck, and breast white ; centre of belly brownish ; back, wing- 

 coverts, and rump dark brown, feathers tipped with light greyish; 

 lower part of upper tail-coverts white ; tail dark brown ; axillaries 

 white, tipped with light brown. Length 18-19 inches. 



369. SOOTY SHEARWATER. Puffinus griscus ( J. F. Gmelin). Straggler. 

 Underparts uniform brown. Length 17-18 inches. 



370. MANX SHEARWATER. Puffinus anc/lorum (Temminck). Resident. 



Head, back, wings, and tail blackish brown ; breast white ; rest of 

 underparts dark smoky grey ; bill and legs bluish grey. Length 13- " 

 14 inches, wing 9|. 



