. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ow; iris brown. My figure is taken from an Algerian specimen sentto me by Mr. Tristram. 112 PALMIPEDES. Family PROCELLARIID^. fBonaparte.) Genus PuFFiNUS. AECTICCINEREOUS SHEAEWATER. Piiffinus major. Puffinus major, Pabee; Prodromus der Island, 1822, Temminck; Manuel, vol. iv, p. 507, 1840. cinereus, Audubon; Nee Auct. Puffin cendrS Arctique, Of the Fkench. Grosser Grauer Puffin, Of the Geemans. Specific Characters.—Head and scapularies of the same darkbrown as the wings; nape light grey, forming a kind of colla
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ow; iris brown. My figure is taken from an Algerian specimen sentto me by Mr. Tristram. 112 PALMIPEDES. Family PROCELLARIID^. fBonaparte.) Genus PuFFiNUS. AECTICCINEREOUS SHEAEWATER. Piiffinus major. Puffinus major, Pabee; Prodromus der Island, 1822, Temminck; Manuel, vol. iv, p. 507, 1840. cinereus, Audubon; Nee Auct. Puffin cendrS Arctique, Of the Fkench. Grosser Grauer Puffin, Of the Geemans. Specific Characters.—Head and scapularies of the same darkbrown as the wings; nape light grey, forming a kind of collar;throat and sides of neck pure white. Length of dry skin fromend of beak to tip of tail nineteen inches; carpus to tip ofwing twelve inches and a half; beak from gape two inches;tubular nostrils half an inch; tarsi two inches; middle toe andclaw three inches. This Arctic species whicli, according to Yarrell, hasbeen taken in the British Isles, I introduce here forthe purpose of comparison with the Algerian specieslast noticed. They are very distinct, and must ARCTIC CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. 113 according to the present system of defining species,be considered as varieties of each other, as will bereadily conceded on comparing the tAvo figures andthe diagnosis of each. This species is well known in high latitudes, chieflyin the north-west Atlantic. It is very common inNewfoundland, where, according to Temminck, it breedsin thousands, and it occurs occasionally in the northof Europe. It is the lower figure of YarrellsBritish Birds, vol. iii, p. 624, where an account isgiven of its capture on several occasions in GreatBritain. In size and locality it agrees very well withthe description of the Wandering Shearwater given bythe American writers. Occasionally it is found in thenorth-west of Europe, but it belongs to the Arcticfauna, and its appearance in our latitudes is purelyaccidental. On aj)proaching the banks of NcAvfoundland, saysNuttall, but far west of soundings, we see
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