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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Sbearwater, 



THE Manx Shearwater (Ptiffinus anglorum, Temminck) is 

 a resident species in the British Seas, and is also found 

 frequenting the whole of the North Atlantic, but is not so 

 numerous on the Western as on the Eastern side. The 

 adult has the upper parts nearly black ; sides of head and 

 neck, mottled with ashy-black ; under parts, white ; irides, 

 brown ; bill, brownish ; legs and feet, yellowish flesh colour. 

 Length, about fourteen inches. The female resembles the 

 male. The young are similar to the adults, but occasional 

 examples show a more sooty colouration on the under parts. 



