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on the most southern parts of the island, where it 
is not known to breed. Specimens have also been 
obtained from South Africa; and it is said to 
breed on the banks of Newfoundland. These 
birds not only frequent the coast, but are found at 
vast distances from land. They feed on fish car- 
cases: of various kinds, crustacea, and marine 
insects, as well as on fatty matters floating on the 
surface of the sea. 
SHEARWATER, MANKS. 
PUFFINUS ANGLORUM, Fem. 
This species inhabits the northern coasts of 
Europe in summer, arriving generally in March, 
and departing in September. It is said to breed 
in the Shetland and Orkney Islands, and in St. 
Kilda, laying a single large egg in a hole or fissure 
of the cliffs. It is an oceanic bird of wandering 
habits, somewhat nocturnal, like the Petrels, and 
having a rapid gliding flight. Its food consists 
of animal substances of various kinds picked up 
from the river, generally while the bird is hover- 
ing. In common with the Petrels, it has a habit, 
which is peculiar also to the Gulls, of letting down 
its feet while hovering, and patting the water 
with them. 
