CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. 
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nostrils basal, placed on the culmen, with two 
distinct openings in front ; wings long, accu- 
mulated, first quill longest ; tarsi laterally com- 
pressed, feet of middle size, hallux, a straight 
nail or claw. 
Types. — P. cinereus, anglorum , &c. Cosmopo- 
lite. 
Note. — Habits maritime ; breed chiefly in holes 
or burrows ; nocturnal. 
The Cinereous Shearwater, Puffinus cine- 
reus, Selby. — Puffinus cinereus, Selby, Jen., Eyt., 
Yarr. — Puffin majeur, Temm . — This rare British 
species seems to have been observed both by Mr. 
Strickland and Mr. Selby, without either being 
aware of the specimens procured by his friend. Mr. 
Selby procured his upon the Northumbrian coast ; 
Mr. Strickland on that of Yorkshire. Mr. Strick- 
land afterwards met with a second specimen, and 
Mr. Yarrell records one or two more ; Mr Thomp- 
son has noticed it in Ireland ; but, in addition to 
these instances, from the information Mr. Yarrell 
has quoted from D. W. Mitchell, Esq. of Penzance, 
this bird must be at times extremely abundant in 
Mount’s Bay. “ They appear some autumns off Looe 
and Polpcrro in thousands. M. Temminck refers 
Mr. Gould’s figures, taken from Mr. Strickland’s 
Birds, to the P. major of Faber. It appears to 
be a northern bird, at the same time there are spe- 
cimens in the British Museum from South Africa.* 
* Yarrell. 
