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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 

 carcases of various kinds, Crustacea, and marine 

 insects, as well as on fatty matters floating on the 

 surface of the sea. 



SHEAEWATEE, MANKS. 



PUFFINUS ANGLORT7M, 



The Manks Shearwater 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 wan- 

 dering habits, somewhat nocturnal, like the Petrels, 

 and having a rapid gliding flight. Its food con- 

 sists of animal substances of various kinds, picked 

 up from the river, generally while the bird is 

 hovering. 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. 



