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so common upon the southern and western coasts of England. 

 Its habits are presumed to be similar, but as they have not 

 been noticed by TEMMINCK, or any other writer, I must 

 confine myself to a mere description of the plumage of the 

 individual above mentioned, which appears to be a bird of 

 the year. 



PLATE 102 *. Natural size. 



Bill, from the forehead to the tip, one inch and three quar- General 

 ters long, slightly recurved, with the dertrum arched, ^^^ 

 and strongly hooked ; nasal tubes obliquely truncated 

 and open in front. Tip of the lower mandible bent 

 down, and following the curve of the upper one. Head, 

 back part of the neck, and the upper plumage, blackish- 

 brown, with the margins and tips of the feathers of the 

 scapulars lighter. Throat, lower part of the neck, and 

 the whole of the under plumage deep ash-grey, with a 

 tinge of broccoli-brown. Quills and tail brownish-black. 

 Legs having the outer part of the tarsus deep grey ; the 

 inner part and webbs yellowish. Tarsus two inches and 

 one-eighth long. Middle and outer toes two inches and 

 a half in length. 



MANKS SHEARWATER. 



PUFFINUS ANGLORUM, Ray. 



PLATE CII. 



Puffinus Anglorum, Raii Syn. 134. A. 4 Will. 252 Steph. Shaw's Zool. 



13. 226. pL 26 Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 137- 



Procellaria Puffinus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 824. sp. 11 Brigs. Orn. 6. 131. 

 Le Puffin cendre, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 516. 

 Pe'trel M anks, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2. 806. 



Manks Puffin, Edwards' Glean, pi. 379 Will. Angl. 333. 



Shearwater Petrel, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 551. No. 258 Arct. Zool. 2. 462. 



Lath. Syn. 6. 406. 11 Id. Sup. 269.- Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Sup. 



BewicVs Br. Birds, ed. 1826, p. t. 241. 

 Manks Shearwater, Shaw's Zool. 13. 226. pi. 26. 



PROVINCIAL Lvre, Shearwater, Scrabe. 

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