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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Family IV. . Procellarida?. 

 Sub-family a. Procellarince. 

 PROCELLARIA. (Lat. stormy.) 



Glacialis (Lat. icy), the Fulmar Petrel. 



and blubber of dead whales and other cetacea, and also of mol- 

 lusks and Crustacea. The length of the bird is sixteen inches. 



THALASSIDROMA. (Gr. Qdhacaa, the sea ; dpo^uoj-, a race.) 



Pelagica (Lat. belon 



;), the Stormy Petrel. 



The STORMY PETREL is, under the name of Mother Carey's 

 ohicken, the terror of the sailor, who always considers the 



