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small rock. Three or four eggs are laid, as large 

 as those of a hen, of a chalky white surface, 

 varied with pale blue. 



" The most extensive colony/' observes Sir Wil- 

 liam Jardine, "which has ever come under our ob- 

 servation, is one in the Isle of Man, on the precipi- 

 tous coast adjacent to the Calf, of such elevation 

 that the centre was out of range, either from the 

 top or from the sea ; there they nestled in deep 

 horizontal fissures, conscious apparently of their 

 security, and would poke out their long necks, to 

 ascertain the reason of the noise below, or when 

 a ball struck the rock near them, with the hope 



