TUBINARES. ( 321 ) PROCELLARIIDM. 



THE STOHM PETREL. 



MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN, STORMY PETREL, LITTLE PETREL, 



STORM FINCH, WITCH OR WATER WITCH, MITTY, 



SPENEY, SEA SWALLOW. 



Procellaria pelagica. 

 %\}z »>tormp i^etcel, %\)z a^otljcr of Carcp C!)ickem 



O'er the deep ! der the deep ! 



Where the whale, and the shark, and the swordfish sleep ! 



Ozdjlying the blast and the driving rain, 



The Petrel i telleth her tale in vain I 



For the marifier curseth the way-ning bird, 



Who bringeth him news of the storm unheard, 



B. Cornwall. 



The Eev. John Turnbull of Eyemouth mentions that in 

 particular states of the weather this bird is seen at no great 

 distance from the coast ; ^ and Mr. Hardy notes that it was 

 seen at Coldingham Shore on the 7th of January 1861. 



It is sometimes driven inland during very stormy 

 weather, and as instances of this it may be mentioned 

 that the occurrence of a specimen at Oxton, six miles 

 north from Lauder, is recorded by Mr. Kelly ,^ and another, 

 which was got at Cranshaws, in the Lammermuirs, many 

 years ago, was stuffed by Mr. W. Duns, Duns. 



1 The Petrel is so named from the French iMrel, a diminutive of Petre, i.e., 

 Peter ; and the allusion is to the apostle walking on the Sea of Galilee. Wliilst 

 skimming along the waves its legs hang down, and the feet seem to touch the 

 water, presenting the appearance of walking, — Swainson's Folk-Lore of British 

 Birds, p. 211. 



2 Neiu Statistical Account of Scotland (Berwickshire), vol. ii. p. 322. 



3 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. vii. p. 306. 



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