BIRDS 
female eared grebe was shot at Ulleswater and 
shown to me in the flesh. Again in Decem- 
ber, 1896, James Smith of Drumburgh shot 
a fine eared grebe at the side of the river 
Wampool. 
254. Little Grebe or Dabchick. Podicipes 
fluviatilis (Tunstall). 
A local resident, nesting in a few localities, 
and common on our rivers and ponds in win- 
ter. It is however far less plentiful than in 
many southern counties. 
255. Storm-Petrel. Procellaria pelagica, Linn. 
Locally, Mother Carey’s Chicken. 
A winter visitant to our coast, not infre- 
quently met with off Whitehaven, and occa- 
sionally present in small flocks in Silloth Bay, 
especially during heavy weather in the Atlan- 
tic. The most recent specimen that I have 
seen locally was obtained at Silloth, November 
1oth, 1900. 
256. Leach’s Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceanodroma 
leucorrhoa (Vieillot). 
This petrel occurs in Cumberland at irreg- 
ular intervals, principally during the autumn 
months, but sometimes as early as July. Single 
birds are chiefly met with, generally birds of 
the year, but all the specimens that I examined 
during the great visitation of September, 1891, 
were old birds deep in moult. The indivi- 
duals that have most recently come into my 
hands were shot in the neighbourhood of the 
Solway Firth : the one shot near Newton Ar- 
losh, November 21st, 1893, the other killed 
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when flying across the sands under my win- 
dows at Allonby, November 8th, 1899. 
257. Wilson’s Petrel. Oceanites oceanicus 
(Kuhl). 
Mr. T. C. Heysham informed Yarrell of 
the occurrence of a specimen of this petrel in 
the county. The late Captain Johnson, an- 
other friend and associate of Yarrell, identi- 
fied a second example found dead near Castle- 
steads in 1881. 
258. Manx Shearwater. 
(Temminck). 
I have no notes of this seabird occurring 
inland ; but storm-driven individuals are 
picked up from time to time upon our open 
coast, and less frequently on the shores of the 
Solway Firth. A specimen which came ashore 
near Allonby in August, 1894, was the first 
local specimen that Mr. T. Mann and his 
brother had met with in their lifelong experi- 
ence. I found another derelict bird at Allon- 
by, May 3rd, 1897. 
Puffinus anglorum 
259. Fulmar. Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.). 
An occasional visitant to our coast, but of 
comparative rarity. A very good specimen of 
the grey-breasted form was brought to me in 
the flesh by Thomas Peal, who had secured it 
upon Rockliffe Marsh, February, 1892. A 
specimen of the white-breasted variety was 
found dead upon Newton Marsh, February 
6th, 1894. A third bird was picked up ex- 
hausted near Eskmeals, October, 1896. This 
last was presented to Dr. Cass of Ravenglass. 
