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STORM PETREL. 



MOTHER Carey's chicken, common storm petrel 



STORMY PETREL. 



PLATE CCXXXIT. FIG. I. 



Pracellaria pelagica, . . Pennant. Montagu. Bewick. 

 " " . . Fleming. Jenyns. Temminck. 



Tkalassidroma pelagica, . Selby. Gould. 



The Stormy Petrel nestles in rabbit-burrows, the 

 crevices of rocks, and among loose stones. The season 

 for laying is late — towards the middle, and sometimes 

 not till quite the end, of June. 



The Q^^ is white in colour, and somewhat of an oval 

 shape. 



The bird sits very close, and will allow herself to 

 be taken off the nest sooner than forsake her charge. 



The Rev. H. B. Tristram took the g^^ from which 

 the plate is coloured, in Orkney. 



