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young. The birds never attempted to fly, but would run 

 away under the vegetation or into another hole in the rocks. 

 During the day no Shearwaters were seen near the key, 

 though they were not infrequently observed at a distance 

 flying rapidly and scaling low over the water ; but at night, 

 when the Terns had become comparatively quiet, the un- 

 canny see-saw cries of the Shearwaters made the keys 

 actually noiser than, when the Terns were not disturbed, 

 they were by day. 



Audubon's Shearwater Leaving Nest 



