742 MANX SHEARWATER. 
mentioned; and there are probably many others. In Erse and 
Gaelic the bird’s usual name is “ Fachach.” 
This Shearwater breeds in considerable numbers in the Feeroes, and 
is met with on the coast of Norway, as well as throughout the North 
Sea; it is also plentiful in the south-west of Iceland, and has 
occurred in South Greenland ; while it is recorded from the Azores, 
Madeira and the Canaries. In American waters the Manx Shear- 
water appears to be rare, and Capt. Collins has not observed it on 
the fishing-grounds ; but I saw two examples outside the Straits of 
Belle Isle on August 13-14th 1884, looking very black as compared 
with the Great Shearwater, and a bird from Brazil (formerly in my 
collection) is in the British Museum. 
The single white egg is deposited in a slight nest of dry grass at 
the end of a burrow, and is smooth in texture, with little of the 
musky odour which is so pronounced in that of the Fulmar: measure- 
ments 2°4 by 1°65 in. Incubation, in which the male takes part, 
sometimes commences early in May; while the nestling remains in 
its home until long after it is fully fledged, becoming enormously fat. 
The food consists of surface-fish, offal, small cuttle-fish &c.; the oil 
vomited by the bird is green, but leaves a yellow stain. The flight 
is rapid and skimming, but—contrary to a popular idea—this 
species often settles on the sea; and it dives freely, remaining 
under water for about 20 seconds. It is usually nocturnal or 
crepuscular in its habits, but large flocks may also be seen by 
day. The note is cuch-cuck-oo, generally repeated three times.’ 
The adult has the crown, nape, and upper parts sooty-black ; 
under-parts white ; sides of the neck mottled with greyish-brown ; 
behind the thighs a patch of sooty-brown ; bill blackish-brown, paler 
at the base; legs and feet flesh-coloured, the outer toes darker. 
Total length 15 in. ; wing 9°5 in. The young bird resembles the 
adult and has white under-parts. 
The LEVANTINE SHEARWATER is the representative of our bird 
throughout the Mediterranean, and is the well-known ame damnée 
of the Bosphorus. Two examples from Devon are in the British 
Museum, and Mr. J. H. Gurney has one from that county ; while I 
believe that another was obtained off Northumberland by the late 
John Hancock, and one, procured off Scarborough on February 5th 
1899, was sent in the flesh to the British Museum. It is browner 
in tint than our Manx Shearwater, and not only are the under tail- 
coverts and flanks dusky-brown, but the immature bird is dusky on 
the belly ; it is moreover a larger species throughout ; wing ro in. 
