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Dorsetshire, one was taken on the rocks under Portland, in 

 January, 1851; five others were found dead on the Chesil 

 Bank, on the 27th. of February, in the same year, after 

 gales from the south-west. Likewise, in February and March, 

 1853, the Welsh coast about Morfa, Bychaw, and Harlech, 

 was strewed with dead Puffins. They are occasional visitants 

 to Yarmouth, Norfolk, and the coast, in autumn. One was 

 found near Ely, Cambridgeshire, in a fen, the 18th. of 

 February, 1852. 



In Cornwall, one was shot on the beach near Falmouth, 

 January 27th., 1850; one near St. Looe, in March, 1845, 

 and another in January, 1846. It has occurred also at 

 Gwyllyn Vase and Swanpool, but the 'species is not common: 

 it is said to be more numerous at the Scilly Islands. In 

 the county of Berks, a specimen of this bird was taken 

 alive in Northbrook Street, Newbury, March 16th., 1816. 



In the 'Magazine of Natural History,' volume i., there is 

 a statement made by Mr. Edwin Lees, of Worcester, of his 

 having been informed that Puffins 'once upon a time,' used 

 every year to visit a pool in Westwood Park, near Droit- 

 wich, Worcestershire, the seat of Sir John Pakington, Bart.; 

 but I can hardly conceive but that some other bird must 

 have been intended by his informant. 



In Scotland, in Sutherlandshire, the Puffin is numerous 

 in Handa, and other parts; likewise at Puffin Island, in the 

 Firth of Forth; the Bass Eock, off East Lothian, and 

 others of the Scottish Islands. So also in the Orkneys 

 they are very abundant, but only throughout the summer, 

 moving southwards as winter is about to commence. In the 

 Shetland Islands, too, they are to be seen in immense 

 numbers; as also at St. Kilda and the Hebrides generally. 



They are common birds in Ireland, and have breeding- 

 haunts around the coast. They occur in Anglesea, and 

 Priestholm Isle off its coast, as also in different parts of 

 Wales, as at St. Margaret's Island, near St. David's; like- 

 wise in the Isle of Man. 



They come northwards early in April, and depart towards 

 the latter end of August, or beginning of September, 

 according as they are farther north or south. Selby writes, 

 'It is only known to us as a summer visitant, and that 

 from the south, making its first appearance in the .vicinity 

 of the breeding-stations about the middle of April, and 

 regularly departing between the 10th. and 20th. of August 



