THE STOEM PETEEL. 



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a means of increasing the interest, if not the importance, of 

 future weather forecasts." 1 



The Storm Petrel is about the size of a Sparrow, and is 

 one of the smallest web-footed birds. It breeds on various 

 parts of the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, and feeds 

 on small fishes, crustaceans, and molluscs. 



1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. x. pp. 85, 86. 



