562 PUFFINID.E 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 



Adult winter, male and female. Similar to the nuptial 

 plumage. 



Immature, male and female. Eesembles the adult 

 plumage. 



BEAK. Black. 



FEET. Yellow, except the distal halves of all but the 

 outer pairs of toes, which are black. 



IRIDES. Brown. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH ... ... ... 11'5 in. 



WING 8-7 



BEAK 1-3 



TARSO-METATARSUS 1 



BULWER'S PETREL. Bulweria bulweri (Jardine and Selby). 



Coloured Figures. Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' vol. viii, pi. 614, 

 fig. 2 ; Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. vi, pi. 62. 



This Petrel, which breeds in the Madeira, Canary, and 

 neighbouring Isles, and also inhabits the North Pacific 

 Ocean, has on two occasions been captured on British soil. 

 The first was found dead on the banks of the River Ure 

 near Tanfield in Yorkshire, on May 8th, 1837 (Gould, 

 "Birds Of Europe,' 1837). The record of the capture sub- 

 sequently became somewhat wrapped in oblivion until 1887, 

 when Mr. Eagle Clarke carefully traced the specimen, and 

 had it placed in the Museum of York (Proc. Zool. Soc., 

 1887, also ' The Naturalist,' 1888, and * Zoologist,' 1888). 



The other specimen, a male, was picked up dead on the 

 shore near Beechy Head, Sussex, on February 3rd, 1903, 

 after heavy south-west gales. It was exhibited at the British 

 Ornithologists' Club (vide Bull. B.O.C., xcv, also N. F. 

 'Ticehurst, ' Zoologist,' 1903, p. 420). 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. Entire plumage brown- 

 ish-black, with the feathers of the chin and greater wing- 

 -coverts edged with grey ; tail, wedge-shaped. 



Adult female nuptial. Similar to the male plumage. 



