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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Family IV. . Procellaridffl. 



Sub-family a. Proccllarince. 



PROCELLARIA. (Lat. storm)/. ) 



Glacialis (Lat. icy], ihe Fulmar Petrel. 



and blubber of dead whales and other cetacea, and also of mol- 

 lusks and Crustacea. The length of the bird is sixteen inches. 



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THALASSIDROMA. (Gr. OaAaaaa, the sea; Jpo/zof, a race.) 



Pelagica (Lat. belonging to tlie sea), the Stormy Petrel. 



The STORMY PETREL is, under the name of Mother Carey's 

 chicken, the terror of the sailor, who always considers the 



