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that it is abundant off the coast of Cornwall. It is reported 

 to be common along the whole of America to Cape Horn, 

 and particularly so on the coasts of Chili, Brazil, and the 

 United States. "According to Nuttall," this species "breeds 

 in great numbers on the rocky shores of the Bahama and 

 the Bermuda Islands, and along some parts of the coast of 

 East Florida and Cuba ; and, on the authority of Audubon, 

 on the mud and sand islands off Cape Sable in Nova Scotia, 

 burrowing downwards from the surface to the depth of a foot 

 or more. In other places they make the holes and fissures 

 of rocks their retreat." Like the Storm Petrel last noticed, 

 it lays but one egg, which is white. 



THE FORK -TAILED STORM PETREL. Thctlassidroma 

 Leachii. St. Kilda is, we believe, the only recorded breed- 

 ing-station of this species in any of the British Islands. It 

 is described as burrowing in the sand, or taking possession 

 of a hole or hollow in a rock for its nest. It lays but one 

 egg, which is white. 



THE COMMON SKUA. Lestris skua. The Skuas generally 

 are birds of a bold and daring character, pursuing other sea 

 birds, and compelling them to resign their prey, while those 

 of the present species fearlessly and successfully defend their 

 nests against the Eagle, and strike at and pursue even men, 



