THE SEA-FLIERS: 



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the third, according to Captain Hutton, being pronounced the quickest." We learn from Tschudi 

 and Gould that this species breeds on rocky islands at no great distance from the shore ; but with 

 this exception we are without reliable particulars respecting its nidification. 





STORM PETRELS. 



THE BROAD-BILLED PRION, OR DUCK PETREL. 



The Broad-billed Prion, or Duck Petrel {Prion vittdius), together with another species, 

 which like itself is peculiar to the southern hemisphere, constitute a little family apart, to which the 



