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STORM PETREL. 



MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN. COMMON STORM PETREL. STORMY PETREL. 



PLATE CCXXXn. FIG. I. 



Procettaria pelagica, PESTN'AITT. MOXTAGF. BEWICK. 



" " FLEMING. JENTNS. TEMMTSCK. 



Tkalasndrotna pelagica, SELBT. GOULD. 



THE Stormy Petrel nestles in rabbit -burrows, the crevices of rocks, 

 and among loose stones. The season for laying is late towards the 

 middle, and sometimes not till quite the end, of June. 



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



The bird sits very close, and will allow herself to be taken off the 

 nest sooner than forsake her charge. 



The Rev. H. B. Tristram took the egg from which the plate is 

 coloured in Orkney. 



FINIS. 



