THE SOOTY AND MANX SHEARWATERS 361 



white ; the back, wing -coverts, and rump are 

 dark brown, the feathers tipped with light gray ; 

 tail dark brown; legs and feet pale pink. In 

 length it measures eighteen inches. 



The sooty shearwater is uncommon. In length 

 it measures between seventeen and eighteen inches. 

 In colour it is entirely brown, the upper parts being 

 somewhat darker than the lower ; the colour of 

 the legs is somewhat peculiar, being brown on the 

 outside and yellow on the inner. It has been 

 observed principally off the North-east coasts of 

 England and Scotland, more especially that of 

 Yorkshire, and also off some parts of the Irish 

 coast. It is, however, a bird of which, apparently, 

 not very much is known, having until quite recently 

 been confounded with the young of the great shear- 

 water. 



Despite its appellation, the Manx shearwater 

 is by no means confined to the Isle of Man, but 

 is very general throughout the coasts of Great 

 Britain, as well as some parts of the coast of 

 Ireland, though its breeding quarters are chiefly 

 on the Western British coasts. In length it 

 measures from thirteen to fifteen inches. The 

 head, back of the neck, back, wings, and tail are 

 black-brown ; the breast white ; the sides of the 

 neck mottled with grayish-brown ; the under parts 

 white ; the bill brown ; the legs and feet are of a 

 yellowish flesh-colour. 



The storm, stormy petrel, or Mother Carey's 

 chicken, is the smallest of our web-footed birds. 



