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STORM-PETREL 



PROCELLARIA PELAGIC A, Linn. 



Procellaria pelagica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 212 (1766) ; Yarr. 



ed. 4, iv. p. 42. 

 Thalassidroma pelagica, Nauin. x. p. 557 ; Macg. v. p. 460 ; 



Hewitson, ii. p. 517 ; Dresser, viii. p. 491. 



Thalassidrome tempete, French; Sturm- Schwalbe, German ; 

 Diablo de mar, Pastorcito, Spanish. 



This little bird is one of those with which I have 

 very little more than a travelling acquaintance. My 

 own oceanic experience is confined to a few trips across 

 the Bay of Biscay en route to and from Spain ; but on 

 these trips I never failed to observe some of the present 

 species ; no matter what the weather might be, there 

 was " Mother Carey's Chicken " equally at home 

 amongst the Atlantic " rollers " driven before a westerly 

 gale, or skimming the calm surface of the sea in the 

 full blaze of an August sun. I have also frequently 

 seen one or two of this species off our southern coasts 

 in July and August, as we were " hooking " for whiting 

 from the deck of my yacht ; but with the exceptions 

 of some half-dozen that played round our vessel as she 



