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AVES— MANKS PUFFIN. . .PETREL. 



THE SHEARWATER, OR MANKS PUFFIN,* 



As it is called by Willoughby, is something smaller than the preceding 

 The head and all the upper part of the body are of a sooty blackness ; ana 

 the under part, and inner coverts of the wings, white. These oirds are 

 found in the Isle of Man, and the Scilly isles. In February, they take a 

 short possession of the rabbit burrows, and then disappear till April ; they 

 lay one egg, and in a short time the young are fit to be taken. They are 

 then salted and barrelled, During the day, they keep at sea, fishing, and 

 towards evening return to their young, whom they feed, by discharging the 

 contents of the stomach into their mouths. 



THE STORMY PETRELS 



is about the size of a house swallow. The general color of the plumage is 

 black, except about the rump, which is white. They are always to be found 

 on the shores of Britain, and seem to be diffused all over the world. They 

 sometimes hover over the water like swallows, and sometimes appear to 



1 Procellaria Anglorum, Tem. 



2 Procellaria pelagica, Lin 



