. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . ; iris brown. My figure is taken from an Algerian specimen sentto me by ISIr. Tristram. 112 PALMIPEDES. Family PROCELLAJRIID^. (Bonaparte.) Genus Puffinus. ( AECTICCINEREOUS SHEARWATER. Puffinus major. Tvffmus major, Faber; Prodromus der Island, 1822. Temminck; Manuel, vol. iv, p. 507, 1840. cinereiis, Audubon; Eeo, Auct. Fuffin cendre Arciique, Of the Grauer Puffin, Of the Germans. 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 . ; iris brown. My figure is taken from an Algerian specimen sentto me by ISIr. Tristram. 112 PALMIPEDES. Family PROCELLAJRIID^. (Bonaparte.) Genus Puffinus. ( AECTICCINEREOUS SHEARWATER. Puffinus major. Tvffmus major, Faber; Prodromus der Island, 1822. Temminck; Manuel, vol. iv, p. 507, 1840. cinereiis, Audubon; Eeo, Auct. Fuffin cendre Arciique, Of the Grauer Puffin, Of the Germans. 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 which, according to Yarrell, hasbeen taken in the British Isles, I introduce here forthe purpose of comparison with the Algerian specieslast noticed. Thev are A^ery distinct, and must o ARCTIC CINEREOUS SHEARWATER. 113 according to the present system of defining species,be considered as varieties of each otlier, as will bereadily conceded on comparing the two 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 approaching the banks of Newfoundland, saysNuttall, but far west of soundings, we see
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