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I found, on inquiry, that seamen make no distinction between this species of Storm-Petrel 

 and its congeners, calling them all " Mother Carey's chickens," and resenting as a positive sin any 

 attempt to shoot or capture these " spirits of departed sailors," as they facetiously term them, to 

 whom they profess to commit the destinies of the voyage. 



Like the other members of the group, it subsists on small mollusks, medusae, and any kind of 

 greasy substance that may be floating on the water. 



