BRITISH BIRDS. 2OI 



359. Pufflnus anglorum (Tm.). MANX SHEARWATER. 

 Hab. Coasts and islands of North Atlantic. 



Adult: above sooty-black; below white, with some greyish- 

 brown mottlings on sides of upper breast ; bill dusky- 

 brown ; feet pale dull yellow. Length 13*25 ; wing 9*50. 



Breeds rather commonly along west side of Great 

 Britain, also in the Shetlands, Orkneys and Hebrides. 

 There are many colonies in the west and south-east of 

 Ireland. A single white egg is laid in a burrow in the 

 ground; 2*40 by 1*70. 



360. Pufflnus griseus (Gm.). SOOTY SHEARWATER. 

 Hab. Islands of southern hemisphere. Frequenting 



coasts of northern hemisphere during summer. 



Constantly confounded with the next, but it has been 

 proved to occur casually on many parts of our coasts. 



361. Pafflnus major, Faber. GREAT SHEARWATER. 

 Hab. Probably as P. griseus. Common on coasts of 



North Atlantic during northern summer. 



A fairly regular visitor, but in very varying numbers. 

 Adult is greyish-brown above, darker on head, wings 

 and tail, and mottled with white on tail-coverts ; below 

 whitish ; bill dark brown ; feet " pinkish-white in life." 

 Length 16*00 ; wing 13*00. 



362. Puffinus obseurus (Gm.). DUSKY SHEARWATER 

 Hab. West Indies, Bermudas, Canaries and Madeira. 

 One was obtained off the coast of Kerry in 1853, and a 



second in Suffolk in 1858. 



GENUS CXCVJI. FULMARUS, Stephens 

 Bill slightly shorter than head, stout, strong ; nail large 

 and much decurved ; tip of under mandible bent, gonys 

 with a prominent angle ; nasal tube very prominent. 



