PELAGODROMA. — PUFFINCS. 285 



General Distribution. — The Frigate-Petrel breeds in the 

 southern Pacific on the islands off the west and south coasts 

 of Australia and off the east and south o£ New Zealand ; 

 also in the Atlantic, on the Tristan da Cunha group, the 

 Cape Verde Islands and Salvage Islands. It has been 

 obtained off the coast o£ Massachusetts, North America. The 

 north Atlantic bird has been separated as P. m. hypoJeuca 

 from the typical form inhabiting Tristan, and the bird from 

 New Zealand seas, which is somewhat darker, is known as 

 P. m. maoriana. 



Family PUFFINIDJj]. 

 Genus PTJFFINUS Brisson, Orn. vi. 1760, p. 130. 

 Type : P. pvffinus (Briin.). 



Puffinus, the latinized form of the English " Puffin " ; from " to pnfE "=to 

 blow in an intermittent way, thence " to sweU," French " bouffer " ; from the 

 swollen bill of I'ratercula arctica. Brisson seems to have applied the name 

 to the Shearwater, from WillughbyjOaDing it the "Puffin of the Isle of Man." 



PuflS.miS puffinus. Manx Shearwater. 



Procellaria puffinus BrUnnich, Oin. Bor. ITGi, p. 29 : 

 Faeroe Islands. 



Puffinus anglorum (Temm.) B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 197; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 377; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 741. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Eesident, breeding 

 locally on certain turf-covered islands and edges of cliffs, 

 notably in the Shetland and Orkney Islands, the Inner and 

 Outer Hebrides, the coast of Wales and adjacent islands, 

 and the Scilly Islands, It also breeds on several islands 

 and a few promontories round Ireland, most numerously in 

 CO. Kerry. In autumn it is generally distributed round our 

 coasts, but becomes less numerous in winter. 



General Distribution. — The Manx Shearwater breeds on 

 the Faeroe Islands, and is numerous in the south-west of 

 Iceland. It no doubt bred on the island of Flores, Azores, 



