. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. PROCELLARIID^. 729. LEACH'S FORK-TAILED PETREL. Ocean6droma leucorrh6a (Vieillot). This species was first made known as a British bird by Bullock, who obtained it at St. Kilda in 1818. Subsequently it has often been noticed within our waters, and it is now met with almost annually on the east coast of England, as well as in Wales. It also occurs inland, especially after northerly and westerly autumnal gales, from which fact Mr. Cordeaux infers that birds are driven right across the country. Off Cornwall it is quite as common in some winters as t
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. PROCELLARIID^. 729. LEACH'S FORK-TAILED PETREL. Ocean6droma leucorrh6a (Vieillot). This species was first made known as a British bird by Bullock, who obtained it at St. Kilda in 1818. Subsequently it has often been noticed within our waters, and it is now met with almost annually on the east coast of England, as well as in Wales. It also occurs inland, especially after northerly and westerly autumnal gales, from which fact Mr. Cordeaux infers that birds are driven right across the country. Off Cornwall it is quite as common in some winters as the Storm-Petrel, and it may be said to have been taken in almost every maritime county of Great Britain; while unusual numbers were noticed on the Scottish coast in the autumn of 1891 (W. Evans). In 1847 it was found breeding in the St. Kilda group, and later investigations have shown that further colonies exist on North Rona and several islands in the Outer Hebrides; while ere long the species will probably be found incubating on some of the Inner islands. In Ireland it has frequently occurred, notably in September and October of 1891 ; and in 1886 its egg was obtained by Mr. R. J. Ussher from Tearaght, one of the Blasquets, off co. Kerry, the most western land (with the exception of Iceland) belonging to Europe, and birds were subsequently procured there as well as eggs. Leach's Petrel has wandered to the coast of Norway; but it has only been met with on three occasions and at long intervals on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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