the Tubinares in the North Atlantic Islcnvls. 475 



and Bocage (1866), both mention this Petrel in their list 

 of birds inhabiting the Azores, while Drouet does not refer 

 to it. Simroth simply remarks that " P. anglorum briitet 

 in Klippenhoblen." It is apparent from these accounts 

 that Pufinus p. pu-ffinus is found very sparingly in this 

 Archipelago and that its distribution, even amongst the 

 islands of the Azores, is very local, and possibly confined to 

 the extreme western group. 



Breeding range in the Madeira Group. 



Pvffinus p. puffinus breeds on all the main islands of this 

 group. According to Padre Schmilz the birds leave the 

 islands in winter and are not seen from the beginning of 

 November until the end of February. In March, then, they 

 arrive, and the 14th of that month is the earliest record 

 which I can find of eggs having been taken in Madeira, 

 where it is interesting to note they breed in the Curral over 

 1000 metres above the level of the sea, as well as in several 

 other localities in the interior of the island. The breeding- 

 season appears to be at its height in Madeira, on the 

 Desertas and in Porto Santo, during the month of June, 

 while young-in-down have been obtained as late as the 11th 

 and 12th of August, but it must be noted that in this case 

 Padre Schmitz believes the birds to be the product of a 

 second brood. Perhaps the first eggs had been taken. July 

 seems to be the end of the breeding-season from the records 

 available. 



Apparently the birds remain in the neighbourhood in 

 September, but all disappear at the end of October until the 

 following spring. 



Breeding range in the Salvage Islands. 



The evidence that Puffinus p. puffinus occurs regularly in 

 this group is very meagre, and rests on the report of a 

 former owner of these rocky islets. This gentleman assured 

 Padre Schmitz that the Manx Shearwater bred on the 

 Salvages. Ogilvie-Grant did not meet with any of this 

 species during his visit from 24-29 April 1895. 



