BIRDS 



244. Great Shearwater. 

 P\-ibri. 



Puffinus major. 



One captured off the Tees, January or 

 February 1874. A few years ago one was 

 picked up dead about the same place and 

 brought to Mr. Cullingford, Durham Museum. 



245. Sooty Shearwater. Puffinus griseus, J. F. 

 Gmelin. 



A single specimen shot on the Tees off 

 Redcar. {Zoologist, 1884, p. 147.) The 

 first recorded British example was shot at tlie 



mouth of the Tees in August, 1828 {Proc. 

 Zoo/. Soc.y 1832, p. 129), described by Strick- 

 land. 



246. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum, 



Tcmminck. 



An occasional visitor in winter. Has 

 occurred at Castle Eden, Hartlepool, and 

 Seaton Carew. 



247. Fulmar. Fulmarus glacialis, Linn. 



A rare winter visitor. Has been obtained 

 five times of late years on our coast. 



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