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P E T R EL, F R K-T A I L E D. 



LEACH PETREL. 



THALASSIDROMA LEACHIT, Temtri. 



This species, which resembles the Stormy Petrel, 

 was discovered in 1818, in the island of St. Kilda. 

 It has since been repeatedly met with on various 

 parts of the coast, and has several times been 

 found dead, or in an exhausted state, even far 

 inland, during or after stormy weather in winter. 

 It is said to be plentiful on the banks of Newfound- 

 land, and in other parts of North America. It 

 has been taken on the coasts of Holland, Belgium, 

 and France. It breeds in sandy burrows or holeg 

 of rocks, laying one white egg of a roundish oval 

 form, large for the size of the bird. It feeds on 

 small fish} criistacea and mollusca, &c. 



PETREL. 



OR MALLEMOKE. 



PROCELLARIA GLACIATES, Lin. 



The Fulmer Petrel inhabits in summer the 

 Arctic regions of both Continents, and in winter 

 advances southward. It is of rare occurrence on 

 our coasts, except on the island of Sfc Kilda, where 

 numbers breed. The egg, which is deposited in a 



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