C I N E R E O U S S H E A R W A T E R.
PWFFINGEN FANAW, OF THE ANCIENT BRITISH.
GREATER BHEABWATBB. CIHBRBOUS PETREL. DUSKY SHEARWATER.
HA CXHOLT. HAG DOWN.
Puffinus cincrcus. SBLBY. ETTON. GOULD.
" fult'ginosus, EYTON.
" major, TEMMINCK.
ProceHtiria puffuuis, JENYNS.
'' fuliginosus, JENYNS.
Puffintfs—...,,...? Cinereus—Cinereous—ash-coloured.
T H I S species has been noticed in Iceland, and appears to be common
on the coast of Spain, and in other parts of the Mediterranean. In
America it is very abundant at Newfoundland, where it breeds. It
has been procured also in Africa, on the southern coast.
I n Yorkshire one of these birds was shot by Mr. George Manvood,
J u n . , of Busby Hall, in Cleveland, at the mouth of the River Tees,
in the middle of August, 1828. Another also, caught in a fishing
net, at Robin Hood's Bay, near Whitby, and one or two near
Burlington Quay; one near Flamborough, October 10th., 1869. One
was taken alive in Leeds, October 6th., 1854, as recorded by Dr.
Hobson, in ' T h e Naturalist,' volume v., page 144. In Northumberland,
one, a young bird, on the coast. W. P. Cocks, Esq., has
recorded this species as rare in the neighbourhood of Falmouth,
Cornwall, in ' T h e Naturalist,' volume i., page 140. lie also writes
me word of two he saw at St. Ives, in the year 1843. Many were
seen in Mount's Bay, and three taken; one at Newlyn, near Penzance,
in November, 1839; one the previous year. Thousands, however, are