RARER BRITISH BIRDS. 



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CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. 



Pujfinus Cinereus. STEPHENS. 



MR. SELBY, in his " Illustrations of British Ornithology," 

 mentions a specimen of this bird, killed upon the coast of 

 Northumberland, and now in his possession. With such high 

 authority for its introduction, we cannot do otherwise than 

 place it in the present work. Although a very rare visitant 

 in this country, it appears not to be uncommon in the Mediter- 

 ranean, and on the southern coasts of the European Continent. 

 Mr. Selby is of opinion, that the bird before us may have 

 occasionally been killed in this country before, but confounded 

 with the Manks Shearwater. 



The following are the principal distinctive marks : P. Ci- 

 nereus is about a third larger, has the bill more curved and 

 more strongly hooked than in P. Anglorum. The upper parts 

 of the plumage are dusky ash, with the margins and tips of 

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