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by having the bill short and powerful, and the nostrils in a raised 

 tube, like the true Procellariae. The true Fuliginosa of Latham 

 is also distinct, being the Thalassidroma Leacchii of Vigors; 

 and the only description in the " General History of Birds," 

 which at all resembles the present species, is the Pro Grisea, a 

 species distinct from that described under the same name by 

 Linnaeus. 



The Dusky Puffin is of a deep brown colour, with the throat 

 slightly tinted with grey ; wings, dark brown ; bill, brown ; 

 outer sides of the tarsi and external toes, brown ; internal side 

 of the tarsi and webs, fuscous yellow ; length, eighteen inches ; 

 length of tarsi, two inches and a quarter ; length of middle 

 toes, two inches and a half; bill, from the point to the gape, 

 two and a half inches ; from the point to the forehead, one inch 

 and seven-eighths ; the back toe is wanting, a strong claw taking 

 its place, as is the case with most of the genus Procellaria ; nos- 

 trils distinct, and very little raised, in which it agrees with P, 

 Anglorum, Ray. 



The species above described is unquestionably a most rare bird 

 on the British coasts ; and it is to the kindness of Arthur Strict- 

 land, Esq., the only person that I am aware of who possesses 

 a specimen of it, that we are indebted for a drawing, from 

 which our cut is taken. Since the capture of the above bird, 

 that gentleman states, that he has procured another specimen 

 on the Yorkshire coast, which he considers to be the younger 

 bird of the two, the plumage being lighter in colour generally, 

 and particularly so on the under surface of the body. We 

 believe that this is the first time that the above bird has been 

 engraved. 



