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Young-. Like the adults in colour, but easily distinguished by 

 its small bill, and the greater amount of dusky black on the 

 face, which extends over the lores and round the eye. The 

 culmen is nearly straight, and the maxilla without corrugations ; . 

 the genys, on the other hand, is abruptly curved upwards 

 towards the tip. 



Range in Great Britain. Large colonies of Puffins are found 

 breeding in various localities in the United Kingdom, par- 

 ticularly on the west coast, from the Scilly Islands northwards. 

 Some nest also on the south-west coast, of England, from the 

 Isle of Wight to Cornwall. On the east coast of England, 

 Flamborough and the Fame Islands are well-known breeding 

 haunts of the Puffin. In Ireland, says Mr. Ussher, " the species 

 has some vast colonies on the precipitous coasts and islands, 

 and it breeds in the following counties : Donegal, Antrim, 

 Dublin, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Clare, Gal way, and Mayo. 

 Some of its largest settlements are on the Saltees, in Wexford, 

 the isles of Kerry, the north coast of Mayo, and Hoon Head, 

 in Donegal." 



Range outside the British Islands. From the north of Scan- 

 dinavia, the Faeroes, and Iceland, the Puffin breeds, down to 

 the above-mentioned localities in Great Britain, the north 

 coast of France, and the west of Portugal, where Mr. 

 Saunders says that he noticed the species in large numbers 

 off the Berlengas Islands, in June, 1868. In winter the 

 Puffin visits the Mediterranean Sea, and in North America it 

 breeds as far south as Newfoundland, and reaches the New 

 England coast in winter. 



A large form, with a somewhat larger bill and a slightly 

 greyer head, Fratercula gladalis, is found in Spitsbergen, 

 Novaya Zemlya, and the coast of Greenland. Although the 

 grey head is more constantly seen in Spitsbergen examples, it 

 is also sometimes to be observed in specimens of the Common 

 Puffin, and I think that this appearance may be due to 

 bleaching. 



Habits. The Puffins feed their young almost entirely on 

 small fish, and frequently go long distances to obtain a supply 

 of food. Mr. Drane, of Cardiff, tells me that he once saw a 



