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THE LAEID^.. 



(P. Forsteri or cceruha), Fig. 112, commonly caUed the Elue 

 Petrel, wLich inhabits the Antarctic seas. 



ITnder the name of Puffins those species of Petrels are included 

 which have bills as long, and sometimes longer, than their heads, 

 and their nostrils in two distinct tubes. Among these are the 

 Grey Puifin {Puffinus cincreus), which is very common in the 

 Mediterranean, and builds its nest in Corsica ; the English Puffin 

 iPiiffijms imglomm), which inhabits the northern regions of our 

 liemisphere ; the Brown Puffin {ProceUaria (Bquinoctialis) , which in- 

 habits the Southern Ocean, and is frequently met with at the Cape. 



Fl^^ llo. — Tbt euUHlmn Albanoi? {Diom^din ixu.atis, Lmil.). 



The Ali;.vtkoss* is the largest and most bulky of all the birds 



which fly over the surface of the sea. It btlongs principally to the 



southern hemisphere. The sailors know it under the names of Cape 



Sheep and Man-of-war, which they gi\e it on account of its 



enormous size. Its extended wings measure as much as five 



* Fiom the Portugup.'ic tvohI Alrnfra:, applied by the early navigators of that 

 nation to Cormorants and lari>-e soa-l)irds. — Ed. 



