. An illustrated manual of British birds . e restmore or less white on their basal portions, but broadly edged withbrown; forehead and under parts white; legs and feet dusky-yellow. Length 16 in., wing i225 in. The immature bird is be-lieved to be mottled with brown on the forehead and to be duller intint on the upper parts. An example of the Petrel familiarly known as the Cape Pigeon{Daption capensis), is recorded by Mr. A. G. More (Ibis, 1882,p. 346) as having been shot near Dublin on the 30th October 1881 ;and Degland and Gerbe state that three specimens have beenobtained in France. There d
. An illustrated manual of British birds . e restmore or less white on their basal portions, but broadly edged withbrown; forehead and under parts white; legs and feet dusky-yellow. Length 16 in., wing i225 in. The immature bird is be-lieved to be mottled with brown on the forehead and to be duller intint on the upper parts. An example of the Petrel familiarly known as the Cape Pigeon{Daption capensis), is recorded by Mr. A. G. More (Ibis, 1882,p. 346) as having been shot near Dublin on the 30th October 1881 ;and Degland and Gerbe state that three specimens have beenobtained in France. There does not, however, appear to beany adequate reason for including this species among the Birds ofGreat Britain, or even of Europe, for its home is essentially thesouthern hemisphere; and although it is known to follow ships, forthe sake of food, for a considerable distance, yet it is equally certainthat many birds, captured with hook and line, are then carried farbeyond their usual area before being restored to liberty. PROCELLARIID.^:. 715. THE GREAT SHEAR\\ATER. Puffinus .major, F. Faber. The Great Shearwater—represented by the lower figure in theillustration—is an irregular autumnal visitor to the British coasts ;sometimes making its appearance in considerable numbers fromAugust onwards off Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, where it iscalled the Hackbolt. It is also not unfrequent near Devon andDorset, and in the latter it has been obtained as early as themonth of Tune ; but on the east coast it is comparatively rare,though, according to ]\Ir. Gordeaux, many were seen off Flam-borough in September 1881. In Scotland, the Rev. H. A. Mac-pherson found a dead bird at Lowergill in Skye, on July 13th 1S85 ;and I saw a large Shearwater—probably this species—in the Soundof Harris on August 6th 1886. On the shores of Ireland it hasbeen captured on several occasions, and under the name of Hag- 7l6 GREAT SHEARWATER. down it appears to be well known to the fishermen, who sometimest
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