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PRO CELLARING. PUFFINUS. 
ter with them. The gullet is commonly found to contain 
oily matter, which the bird disgorges on being seized. Three 
species are admitted as British. 
316. Puffinus arcticus. Arctic Shearwater. 
Bill of the same length as the head, rather slender, com- 
pressed, two inches and a third long, yellowish-green, with 
the tips brownish-black; tarsus two inches and a quarter 
long; feet greenish-grey, with the webs flesh-coloured; tail 
graduated ; upper parts deep greyish-brown, hind-neck paler 
and more grey ; primary quills and tail brownish-black ; lower 
parts greyish-white ; axillaries and lower tail-coverts grey- 
ish-brow r n toward the end. 
Male, 20, 45, 2^, 2^, 2 T 7 ^-, 
This species, according to M. Temminck, has generally been 
mistaken for Puffinus cinereus, which inhabits the Mediter- 
ranean. It is said to be abundant in the Arctic seas, and, 
according to Mr Audubon, ranges in winter from Canada to 
the Gulf of Mexico. Several individuals have occurred in 
England ; but it appears doubtful whether there may not have 
been some also of Puffinus cinereus ; and at present I have 
no means of ascertaining. 
Puffinus major, Puffin majeur ou arctique, Temm. Man. 
d*Ornith. iv. 507.— -Puffinus cinereus, Aud. Ornith. Biog. iii. 
555. — Puffinus cinereus, Cinereous Shearwater, Selby, Illust. 
ii. 528. — -Puffinus arcticus, Arctic Shearwater, MacGillivray, 
Brit. Birds, v. 
317. Puffinus Anglorum. Manks Shearwater. 
Bill slender, dusky, at the base dull yellow, an inch and a 
half long ; tarsus an inch and three-fourths, flesh-coloured 
internally, as are the inner toe and half of the third, the rest 
black, the webs dingy yellow; all the upper parts glossy 
brownish-black, the lower white, the sides of the neck and 
breast barred with grey. The young, according to M. Tem- 
minck, have all the lower parts of a dark grey colour. 
Male, 16, 32, 9i, 1*, Hh 1«, tV 
This species inhabits the northern coasts of Europe in 
summer, arriving generally in March, and departing in Sep- 
tember. It is said to breed in the Shetland and Orkney 
Islands and in St Kilda, laying a single large white egg, in a 
hole or Assure of the cliffs. 
Lyrie, Scraber, Shearwater. 
