WILSON'S PETREL— MANX SHEARWATER. 343 
Genu s — Oceanites. 
276. Oceanites oceanicus, Wilson's Petrel. 
A rare accidental visitor. 
Only two specimens are known to have occurred in 
the county, both in the neighbourhood of Freshwater, 
in the Isle of Wight. 
One was picked up on the shore by Colonel Delme 
Radcliffe, in November, 1863, and is recorded by Yarrell. 
The other was found dead in the same locality in the 
autumn of 1888, after a severe storm, and was recorded 
by Mr. J. H. Gurney in the "Zoologist" of April, 1889. 
It is now in the collection of Dr. Hollis, of Freshwater. 
This specimen was erroneously reported as Bulwer's Petrel 
in the same periodical during the preceding January. 
Q'^^Xi^—Puffinus. 
217. Puffinus anglorum, Manx Shearwater. 
An occasional visitor to the coast, very rarely blown 
inland. 
This was one of the last of the strange birds brought 
to Gilbert White. He writes in his Journal on September 
19th, 1790 : — " Lord Stawell sent me a bird taken at 
Basing, near Basingstoke, which proved to be Procellaria 
puffinus of Linn the Shearwater." 
Bury mentions a specimen obtained at Yarmouth, in 
the Isle of Wight, in 1836,^ and Hadfield has recorded one 
procured near the Needles on June 14th, 1867.2 
^"Zoologist." 1845. = "Zoologist." 1867. 
