McLean: Avifauna of Staithes and Loftus-in-Cleveland. 147 
PROCELLARIID. 
Procellaria pelagica. Storm Petrel. Frequently seen off 
the coast. I have picked one up dead after a severe storm, 
and have known others got. 
Puffinus anglorum. Manx Shearwater. Pretty common, 
especially in the autumn. 
Puffinus griseus. Sooty Shearwater. Some reported, but 
doubtful 
Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar. 1 have seen them out at sea 
within a half-a-mile of the coast. 
COLYMBIDA. 
Colymbus glacialis. Great Northern Diver. Frequently 
seen a short distance off the coast. 
Colymbus arj[cjticus. Black-throated Diver. Occasionally 
Saw one landed at Staithes which had been seas 
in a fishing net. 
Colymbus septentrionalis. Red-throated Diver. The most 
common of the Divers; often seen and frequently shot 
off the coast. 
PODICIPIDA., 
Podiceps cristatus. Great Crested Grebe. An occasional 
visitor in winter on the coast, also on ponds inland. 
Podiceps grisegena. Red-necked Grebe. One or two speci- 
mens have been obtained; one was got on ponds at Waupley. 
Podiceps auritus. Scilavonian Grebe. Is seen occasionally 
in the autumn on the coast. 
Tachybaptes fluviatilis. Little Grebe. Frequently seen; 
have seen several on Snilah ponds near the beac 
ALCIDA:. 
Alca torda. Razorbill. Pretty common in the spring, but © 
does not breed in the district. 
Lomvia troile. Common Guillemot. Frequently seen off 
the coast, especially in the autumn. 
Uria grylle. Black Guillemot. Occasionally seen off the coast. 
Mergulus alle. Little Auk. Often seen off the coast; I have 
seen as many as a dozen washed up dead on the beach after 
continued stormy weather. 
Fratercula arctica. Puffin. Seen occasionally off the coast. 
Like the Mergulus alle, it has been at least twice picked up 
_ dead on the beach. 
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