STORM PETREL 



MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN COMMON STORM PETREL- 

 STORMY PETREL. 



PLATE CCXXXIL FIGURE I. 



Procellaria pelagica, . LINNJEUS. 



Procellaria pelagica, . FLEMING. JENYNS. TEMMINCK. 



Thalassidroma pelagica, SELBY. GOULD. 



* 1 A HE Storm Petrel breeds on the smaller islands around 

 1 the coasts. The nest is made often in holes in stone 

 walls or in rabbit burrows, a single egg being laid usually 

 on the bare ground. The bird sits very close, and will allow 

 herself to be taken sooner than forsake her charge. 



The egg is white, and somewhat of an oval shape. 

 About the base is a ring of faint dull-coloured pink or fine 

 rust-coloured spots. 



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