PUFFIN, OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT« 
above, triaiigalar ; that beneath, longish. See 
the figure. The sides of the head all round 
the ejQs are white. The top of the head, the 
neck all round, the back, rump, tail, and upper 
sides of the wings, are black. The tail IS com~ 
posed of sixteen feathers : which I think 
strange; because the two larger species of this 
genus, found with it in the Isle of Wight, 
have only tvv^elve. The ridge of the wing is 
whitish ; the tips of the inner quills are ash- 
coloured ; and the insides of the wings are of 
a light ash-colour. The breast, belly, thighs, 
and covert-feathers under the tail, are white. 
The legs and feet are of a yellowish orange- 
colour. The feet have three toes forward, 
w^ebbed together as in Ducks. It has no back 
toe. The claws are black." 
Edwards having figured this bird on the 
same plate with the Razor-Bill, has conside- 
rably blended their history, as well as that of 
the Guillemot; on account of their being 
joint tenants of the rocks called the Needles^ 
at the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight. 
He has probably been the less particular in his 
account, as he observes tiiat they have been 
figured 
