ALLEN’S naturalist’s LII5RARY. 
Young. Ijike the adults in colour, but easily distinguished by 
its small bill, and the greater amount of dusky black on the 
face, which extends over the lores and round the eye. The 
culmen is nearly straight, and the maxilla without corrugations j 
the genys, on the other hand, is abruptly curved upwards 
towards the tip. 
Range in Great Britain. — Large colonies of Puffins are found 
breeding in various localities in the United Kingdom, par- 
ticularly on the west coast, from the Scilly Islands northwards. 
Some nest also on the south-west coast, of England, from the 
Isle of Wight to Cornwall. On the east coast of England, 
Flamborough and the Fame Islands are well-known breeding 
haunts of the Puffin. In Ireland, says Mr. Ussher, “ the species 
has some vast colonies on the precipitous coasts and islands, 
and it breeds in the following counties : — Donegal, Antrim, 
Dublin, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galwav, and Mayo. 
Some of its largest settlements are on the Saltees, in Wexford, 
the isles of Kerry, the north coast of Mayo, and Hoon Head, 
in Donegal.” 
Range outside the British Islands. — From the north of Scan- 
dinavia, the Faeroes, and Iceland, the Puffin breeds, down to 
the above-mentioned localities in Great Britain the north 
coast of France, and the west of Portugal, where Mr. 
Saunders says that he noticed the species in large numbers 
off the Berlengas Islands, in June, 1868. In winter the 
Puffin visits the Mediterranean Sea, and in North .Vmerica it 
breeds as far south as Newfoundland, and reaches the New 
England coast in winter. 
A large form, with a somewhat larger bill and a slightly 
greyer head, Fratercula g/acialis, is found in Spitsbergen, 
Novaya Zemlya, and the coast of Greenland. Although the 
grey head is ^ more constantly seen in Spitsbergen examples, it 
is also sometimes to be observed in specimens of the Common 
Puffin, and I think that this appearance may be due to 
bleaching. 
Habits. — 1 he Puffins feed their young almost entirely on 
small fish, and frequently go long distances to obtain a supply 
of food. Mr. Drane, of Cardiff, tells me that he once saw a 
