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in 1865, but Las not been found there in recent years except 

 as a straggler. It is also said to breed in the Madeira group. 

 It is common throughout the North sea, and is found on the 

 coast of Norway. It has occurred in south Greenland, and 

 wanders to the Madeira and Canary groups in winter. 



Puffinus puffinus yelkouan. Levantine 

 Shearwater. 



Procellaria yelkouan Acerli, Biblioteca Ital. xlvii. 

 1837, p. 297 : Sea of Marmora. 



Puffinus yelkouanus {Acerli) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, 

 p. 379 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 741. 



Yelkouan, properly YeXkovan from the Turkish; 2/el=wmd, and Tcovan from 

 kovmah^l pursue, i. e. pursuers of the "wind. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — An Occasional Visitor : 

 about thirty have been recorded between August and Feb- 

 ruary off the east and south coasts of Great Britain, from 

 the Firth of Forth southwards to Kent and thence to 

 Devonshire. 



General Distrilnition. — The Levantine Shearwater breeds 

 ihroughout the Mediterranean, occasionally wandering in 

 autumn and winter as far as the North sea. 



Puffinus griseus. Sooty Shearwater. 



Procellaria grisea Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, 

 p. 564 : New Zealand. 



Puffinus griseus (Gmel.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 198; 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 386; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 739. 



6i-iseus=grey in post-classioal Latin. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — An Occasional Visitor 

 in autumn, met with off the east and south coasts of Great 

 Britain, from the Orkney Islands to Kent and thence to 

 Cornwall. It has been observed between St. Kilda and the 

 Outer Hebrides in October and off the coasts of Ireland, 

 chiefly in August, September, and October, but occasionally 

 later. 



