658 AVES—MANKS PUFFIN...PETREL 
THE SHEARWATER, OR MANES PUEeEN. 





As itis called by Willovghby, is something emaller than the preceding 
The head and all the upper part of the body are of a sooty blackness; ana 
the under part, and inner coverts of the wings, white. These pirds are 
found in the Isle of Man, and the Scilly isles. In February, they take a 
short possession of the rabbit burrows, and theu disappear till April; they 
lay one egg, and in a short time the young are fit to be taken. They are 
then salted and barrelled. During the day, they keep at sea, fishing, and 
towards evening return to their young, whom they feed, by discharging the 
contents of the stomach into their mouths. 

{s about the size of a house swallow. The general color of the plumage is 
black, except about the rump, which is white. They are always to be found 
on the shores of Britain, and seem to be diffused all over the world. They 
sometimes hover over the water like swallows, and sometimes appear to 
1 Praceliaria Anglorum, Tem. 2 Procellaria pelagica, Lin. 

