288 BIRDS. 



the water on calm days, but I think it never dives unless 

 it first gets up plenty of way on the wing. Then it will 

 go right through the waves and come up a little way 

 ofi". Its food consists, however, for the most part of 

 squid and other creatures that it can get without diving. 

 Egg^ 2f inches ; white. 



DusTcy Skeartvater, — An Atlantic bird, which has 

 occurred twice only. 



Sooti/ Shearivater. — An irregular visitor in the cold 

 months, formerly confused with the young of the next. 



The Great Shearwater is a scarce visitor on migration, 

 § Great chiefly in autumn. Its food consists of squid 



Shearwater, and cuttle. The fishermen use it for bait. 



CHAPTER XVII. THE GUILLEMOTS, DIVERS, 



AND GREBES. 



[The three groups of which the order is composed differ 

 widely, for the first have stout short bills for the most part ; 

 the divers are all marked by curious bands on the throat ; 

 and the tailless grebes have singular palmated feet, recall- 

 ing those of the coot. In all, the underparts are white. 

 They all dive, however, for their food, but in their nesting 

 habits they bear little resemblance, one group construct- 

 ing large floating nests, another making no nest whatever. 

 There are, in all, eight residents, five regular visitors and 

 one irregular visitor.] 



The Razorbill is a common bird on our coasts all the year 



round, breeding in most of our cliffs. Down near Lul- 



worth Cove there are inaccessible ledges cov- 



Razorbill. ^ ^^^ .^ • 1 1 T- 1 



erecl with their eggs and young ; and I have 

 noticed that the gulls and other seafowl that breed there 



