BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 471 
THE MANX SHEARWATER. 
Puffinus anglorum (Temminck). 
An uncommon visitor to our coast. 
In 1843 Sir William Jardine wrote : "We are not aware 
of this Shearwater having been seen in the Solway, or about 
its entrance, for many years."* During the severe winter 
of 1878-1879 several Manx Shearwaters were sent to 
WiUiam Hastings, who remarked at the time that this 
species seemed to be more frequently met with of late 
years.! Mr. W. Nichol writes me in 1909 : " The Manx 
Shearwater is a bird that I have only twice seen in the 
upper reaches of the Solway ; once on the Scotch side 
and once on the Enghsh side." 
This species nests in many places along the west coast 
of Great Britain and also around the Irish coast, but owing 
to its usually nocturnal habits, it may breed undetected in 
many locahties. It is more generally distributed in winter, 
but is rarely seen as far up the Solway as Annan Water- 
foot. 
" The Manx Shearwater breeds in the North Atlantic 
Ocean, in Iceland and the Faeroes, extending to the coast 
of Norway and south to Madeira and the Canaries ; "{ and 
in American waters it has been but rarely met with. 
[THE FULMAR. Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus). 
Although I am not aware of any record of the Fulmar 
having been actually obtained within the hmits of the county, 
I am informed by Mr. R. Service that this bird has at times 
* Nat. Lib., 1843, Vol. XIV., p. 255. 
t Trans. D. and O. Nat. Hiat. Soc, December 5th, 1879, 
X Lloyd's Nat. Hist., 1897, Vol. IV., p. 164. 
