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BIRDS. 
360. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). Wilson's Petrel. 
361. Puffinus angiorum (Temm.). Manx Shearwater. 
Caithness name — " Skookie." ^ " The Manx Shearwater is 
usually accounted a rare Caithness bird, but an intelligent 
fisherman of this place (Wick), who is of more observant 
habits than most of the fraternity, refers to a bird, under the 
sufficiently expressive name of ' Skookie,' that can be none 
other than the Manx Shearwater. His description of the 
flight, size, and appearance of the ' Skookie,' tallies in every 
respect with the shearwater, and he says they are by no 
means uncommon on the east coast, and that he has 
caught three or four in a day by means of a baited hook " 
(H. Osborne, in MSS.). 
362. Puffinus griseus (Gm.) Sooty Shearwater. 
[Under the name of Puffinus cinereus, the Cinereous Shear- 
water, this is catalogued by the late Dr. Sinclair of Wick 
as a " rare visitant " to the county of Caithness.] 
363. Puffinus major, Faher. Great Shearwater. 
364. Fulmarus glacialis (X.). Fulmar Petrel. 
Ohs. — W. Dunbar includes this as " numerous at Handa Island." 
We fear this statement condemns his list altogether. 
Mr. Osborne records this species as a rare visitant 
(0. MSS., 1868). 
365. CEstrelata haesitata \KuU). Capped Petrel. 
366. Bulweria columbina (Moq-Tand). Bulwer's Petrel. 
1 They are known to breed in Orkney, so their occurrence at sea off Caith- 
ness might be expected. 
