Manx shearwater
noun
a European oceanic bird, Puffinus puffinus, with long slender wings and black-and-white plumage: family Procellariidae (shearwaters)
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The Manx shearwater comes next in size, but it is a dark-plumaged bird on the upper parts, only white below.
Among the Birds in Northern Shires | Charles DixonSt. Kildans say that the Manx shearwater is one of their first bird visitors in spring, and amongst the last to leave in autumn.
Among the Birds in Northern Shires | Charles DixonThroughout the summer the Manx shearwater is nocturnal, and at the approach of darkness becomes very garrulous.
British Sea Birds | Charles Dixon
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