134 A CATALOGFE OF THE BIRDS 



6. Dusky Sheaewatee. P. FTTLiGnfosus, {Strickland.) 



Puffinus major, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 624, 

 (upper figure.) 



,, fiiliginosus, Degiand et Gerbe, Ornith.. Europ. Ed. 2, 

 II., 381. 



The Dusky Shearwater is a casual visitant on our coast, only- 

 three specimens appear to have been met with. The first was 

 recorded by Mr. Strickland, in the "Proceedings of the London 

 Zoological Society" (1832), p. 129. This individual was shot 

 at the mouth of the Tees. The second specimen is described in 

 Mr. Selby's "Illustrations of British Ornithology," Yol. II., p. 

 528, under the name of Puffinus cinereus, Stephens. This bird 

 was shot on the ^Northumberland coast. The third specimen was 

 obtained in Atigust, 1873, on the ^N'orthumberland coast, and is 

 in the collection of Mr. P. Raine, of Durham, who saw the bird 



shot. 



135. THALASSIDROxMA, Vigors. 



7. Stokm Peteel. T. pelagica, (Lt'nnmcs.) 



Thalassidroma pelagica, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, 



II 232 



Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 



647. 



This interesting little bird, the child of the ocean, is a casual 

 visitant : it occasionally occurs on our coast. I have notices of 

 five captures of it in the district. One was found dead on the 

 beach between South Shields and Sunderland, in 1835 ; another 

 was killed with a stone, in CuUercoats Haven, on the 25th of 

 June, 1836 : these are both in my collection. Of the other thi-ee 

 one is in the Newcastle Museum. 



8. Leach's Petkkl. T. leucoehoa, ViciUot. 



TJmlassidroina Leachii, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, 11., 



230. 



Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 



613. 

 This, like the prcci'diiig species, is a casual visitant; but is 



