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land shores, and it is also met with, but much more sparingly, in 

 Iceland. It makes no nest, but lays its one egg on the ground 

 amongst or possibly beneath the large rock-masses which encumber 

 the shore after falling from the overhanging cliflFs and precipices. 

 The parent birds are exceedingly averse to leave their egg when 

 incubation has commenced, and like some other species already 

 mentioned, will rather suffer themselves to be removed by the hand. 

 The egg is white, lightly tinged with blue, a little spotted and veined 

 with rust colour. 



