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slight nest on the rocks, is quite white, and of large 
size, two inches and a half in length, two inches 
in breadth. It is remarkable that, whatever be 
the nature of the food of the Fulmer, and other 
birds of the Petrel species, a quantity of pure oily 
matter is usually found in the gullet, supposed by 
many to be the product of some secretion or con- 
version. Voyagers to the northern seas, however, 
state that this species greedily devours the blubber 
of dead whales, and the common opinion is that 
all the Fulmers and Petrels obtain oily and fatty 
matters floating on the sea. When seized, they 
eject by the mouth, and also it is said squirt 
through the nostrils, this oil, which the people of 
St. Kilda collect for economical purposes. When 
first ejected it is of a clear amber colour, but 
becomes of a deeper tint when kept. 
PETREL, STORM. 
Moruer Cary’s CHICKEN. 
THALASSIDROMA PELAGICA, Penn. 
This species, the smallest of the European web- 
footed birds, is a native of the British islands, 
breeding in Cornwall, Shetland, the Orkneys, and 
the Hebrides. It constructs its nest in holes in 
the rocks, or under stones on the sea beach. The 
eges, which are broad, are of a pure white, with- 
