MANX SHEARWATER 



SHEARWATER PETREL MANX PUFFIN MANKS PETREL. 

 PLATE CCXXXL FIGURE II. 



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Procellaria anglorum, .... TEMMINCK. 



Puffinus anglorum, ..... NAUMANN. 



THE Manx Shearwater breeds usually in burrows, going 

 in to a depth of about two feet. The excavating 

 of these appears to occupy a considerable time. Captain 

 Beecher found a small colony breeding at the base of a 

 cliff, amidst a pile of blocks of stone. Both birds sit, 

 and that so closely as to allow themselves to be taken 

 in the hand. 



They appear to be very variable in the time of laying, 

 from the end of May to the end of June. 



The nest is at best but a very slight collection of fern 

 leaves and withered stems of other plants ; frequently none 

 is formed, but the sand alone suffices the bird. 



Only one egg is produced ; it is large in size in propor- 

 tion to the bulk of the bird, perfectly white and of an oval 

 form, but both ends obtuse. 



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