BIRDS 



285. Brilnnich's Guillemot. Uria bruennichi (E. 



Sabine). 



An accidental straggler, shot about 1858 by 

 George Copeland at Rosemullion. 1 



286. Black Guillemot. Uriagrylle (Linn.). 



A casual visitor, represented by a specimen obtained 

 at Mount's Bay, another at Gyllyngvase, and a third 

 picked up dead near the St. Anthony Lighthouse, 

 Falmouth, 12 March, 1905, during very stormy 

 weather. 



287. Little Auk. Mergulus alle (Linn.). 



A winter visitor, evidently appearing annually 

 round the coast and driven into the estuaries in 

 stormy weather ; has been seen about Falmouth for 

 the last six years ; one picked up dead on St. Agnes, 

 Scilly, about midwinter, 1900. 



288. Puffin. Fratercula arctica (Linn.) 



Locally, Welsh Parrot, Sea Parrot. 

 Resident ; breeding in immense numbers at Scilly, 

 in considerable numbers about Tintagel and Trevalga, 

 and in small colonies at two or three localities on the 

 south coast ; single specimens not unfrequently found 

 inland in severe winters ; at the Lizard an autumn 

 migrant, flying westward in considerable numbers. 



289. Great Northern Diver. Colymbus gladalis, Linn. 

 A winter visitor to the south coast, increasing in 



numbers in the west of the county ; common at 

 Scilly. It occasionally occurs in small flocks, and in 

 some seasons is fairly abundant, as in 1874-5, 

 1886-7, 1890-1, and at Scilly in 1901-2. The 

 birds are usually, though not always, in immature 

 plumage. 



290. Black-throated Diver. Colymbus arcticus, Linn. 

 A casual autumn and winter visitor to the south 



coast from St. Germans to Mount's Bay ; scarce at all 

 times, and irregular in its visits ; since 1890 has been 

 not infrequently seen at Portscatho. A specimen, 

 reported by Stephen Clogg, from Looe, in June, 1 879, 

 is the only one seen and recorded in full summer 

 plumage. 



291. Red-throated Diver. Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn. 

 A regular winter visitor off the south coast, of fairly 



common occurrence, but numbers fluctuate consider- 

 ably from year to year ; once shot at Scilly by David 

 Smith, in the spring of 1894. 



292. Great Crested Grebe. Podlcipes cristatus (Linn.). 

 A regular winter visitor, not uncommon on our 



south coast and on the marsh pools in the Land's End 

 district seen in flocks of twelve to fifteen ; only twice 

 obtained in its remarkable summer plumage. 



293. Red-necked Grebe. PoJicipet griseigena (Bod- 



daert). 



A winter visitor, appearing annually along the 

 south coast ; usually scarce, but in some years plentiful, 

 as in January, 1891, January, 1895, and in December 

 and January, 1901-2 ; only two specimens obtained 

 in full nuptial plumage, though birds are occasionally 

 obtained in the spring with the red neck feathers just 

 showing. 



294. Slavonian Grebe. Podictpes auritus (Linn.). 



A casual winter visitor, formerly confined to the 

 Land's End district, but now not uncommon some 

 years in estuaries and creeks round the coast ; observed 



1 Bullmore, Cornish Fauna, 39. 



in considerable numbers at Padstow early in 1900, and 

 from 1898 to 1903 seen every winter on the Fal ; 

 occasionally obtained at Scilly ; never seen in summer 

 plumage. 



295. Eared Grebe. Podlcipes nigricollis (Brehm). 



A casual winter visitor, occurring at intervals of 

 two or three years in most of our estuaries, but most 

 frequently on Helford river and creeks of the Fal ; 

 twice shot at Scilly ; obtained at least three times in 

 nuptial plumage. 



296. Little Grebe or Dabchick. Podictpes fluviatilis 



(Tunstall). 



Locally, Dipchick. 



Our only resident grebe, nesting in small numbers 

 in suitable localities throughout the county ; rare 

 inland during winter and scarce at the Lizard, but 

 fairly common in flocks of six to ten at Looe, on the 

 Fowey, Fal, and Helford rivers ; not infrequent at 

 Scilly in autumn and winter. 



297. Stormy Petrel. Procellaria pelagica, Linn. 



Locally, Pinnick (see also Rock Pipit). 

 Resident ; breeds on Annett and in greatly dimin- 

 ished numbers at Rosevear, Scilly, at the Godrevy 

 Rocks near Hayle, and probably at the Logan Rock, 

 and near Tintagel ; in 1 866 bred on the Gull Rock, 

 Falmouth ; occasionally driven on to the land by 

 stormy weather in winter, large flocks appearing in 

 1891, and at least one flock of about thirty in the 

 middle of March, 1905. 



298. Leach's Petrel or Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceano- 



droma leucorrhoa (Vieillot). 



An occasional winter visitor, not often seen except 

 after violent gales or during long-continued stormy 

 weather, when birds appear not only in our estuaries 

 but may at times be picked up dead or exhausted 

 many miles inland, occasionally even in the heart of 

 the Bodmin Moors. 



299. Wilson's Petrel. Oceanites oceanus (Kuhl.). 



An accidental storm-driven waif picked up dead at 

 Polperro in 1838. 



300. Great Shearwater. Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly). 



Locally, Hackbolt. 



A fairly regular visitor in autumn and winter to 

 Scilly, but being essentially oceanic is not often seen 

 from the main land. In August, 1899, large numbers 

 appeared off the south coast ; has been reported 

 recently from Bude and Hayle. 



301. Sooty Shearwater. Puffinus griseus (J. F. 



Gmelin). 



For many years confused with the great shearwater ; 

 but there are Cornish specimens in the museum of 

 the Royal Institution of Cornwall, and in the collec- 

 tion of the late W. E. Bailey of Penzance ; one shot 

 at Looe, 21 August, 1899. 



302. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum (Temminck). 



Locally, Cockathodon. 



Resident ; breeding in immense numbers on 

 Annett, Scilly, and in a small colony near Newquay ; 

 large flocks pass the Lizard every autumn. The 

 Scillonian birds go out to sea in August, and are rarely 

 seen again till the spring. 



303. Fulmar. Fulmarus glaciaRs (Linn.). 



A casual winter visitor of which at least ten speci- 

 mens have been found on the south coast, and three 

 on the north. 



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