A List of Irish Birds. 605 



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Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.) Fulmar Petrel. 



Rare and accidental visitor in autumn and winter. It has several 

 times been washed ashore dead in the estuary of the Moy. 

 In the Irish Sportsman, Nov. 26, 1892, Mr. R. Warren 

 enumerates 1 1 specimens picked up near Enniscrone ; 8 in 

 October, the others in November, January, and March. Three 

 birds, thus picked up by Mr. Warren, are in the Museum. 

 One was obtained in Rathlin Island, 2nd September, 1889. 

 (Ibis., 1889 p. 580.) And one picked up between Bally- 

 shannon and Bundoran, igth May, 1892. (H. L. Jameson, 

 in Zoologist, 1893, p. 75). 



Puffinus major (F. Faber). Great Shearwater. 



Rare and uncertain visitor, chiefly in autumn, and on the West 

 coast. The evidence in favour of its breeding in Ireland 

 (Fowler in Ireland, p. 289) seems quite insufficient. 



Puffinus griseus (Gml.) Sooty Shearwater. 



Very rare and accidental visitor. A specimen obtained off the 

 coast of Kerry, is in Mr. Chute's collection. (Zoologist, 1881, 

 p. 334.) The bird is also believed to have been observed by 

 Mr. R. Warren, off Cork Harbour, in August, 1849. (Zoolo- 

 gist, 1 88 1, p. 420.) Mr. R. Lloyd Patterson has one which 

 was shot on Belfast Lough, 2gth September, 1869. 



'Puffinus anglorum (Temminck). Manx Shearwater. 



Occurs chiefly as a summer visitor, and in autumn. Breeds locally 

 on islands and headlands off various parts of the coast. 



Puffinus obscurus (Gmel.) Dusky Shearwater. 



HasJ once occurred off Valentia, nth May, 1853. (Waiters, 

 p. 268.) (Yarrell, "British Birds," Ed. 3, Vol. Hi., 

 P- 659-)t 

 *Cymochorea leucorrhoa (Vieill.) Fork -tailed Petrel. 



Known chiefly as a rare and accidental visitor. But Mr. R. J. 

 Ussher has recently obtained eggs from the Blasquet Islands, 

 in Kerry. (Zoologist, 1887, p. 349.) 



*Procellaria pelagica (Linn.) Storm Petrel. 



Breeds inj considerable numbers on several of the islands off the 

 West^and North coasts, and is frequently picked up inland 

 after stormy weather. 



Oceanites oceanica (Kuhl.) Wilson's Petrel. 



One at Mossdale, Co. Down, 2nd Oct., 1891 (R. Patterson, in 

 Zoologist, 1891^.427). One on Lough Erne, ist Oct., 1891 

 (E. Williams, in Zoologist, 1891, p. 428.) Breeds in the 

 Southern Hemisphere. 



fThe specimen was presented to the Museum by Mr. B. Blackburn in 1894. 



