BRITISH BIRDS. 



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known to breed in considerable numbers. The 

 nest is made in the deep crevices of the rocks 

 which overhang the sea: the eggs, two in number, 

 are of a pale bluish colour, spotted with dark 

 brown. They commonly fly in pairs, and so low 

 that on being flushed they raise the surface of the 

 sea by the flapping of their narrow wings. This 

 is a sprightly active bird. 



The Greenlanders eat the flesh, and use its skin 

 for clothing, and the legs as a bait for their fish- 

 ing lines. Willoughby, Ray, Albin, and Edwards 

 have named it the Greenland Dove, or Sea Turtle. 

 In the Orkney Islands it is called the Tyste or 

 Puffinet. 



The foregoing figure was taken from a drawing 

 presented to the author. 



