Clafs ir. 



SHEAR-WATER. 



433 



by the multitudes of Mallemurkes flying ; and that 

 when one of the former are wounded, prodigious 

 multitudes immediately follow its bloody track. He 

 adds, that it is a moft gluttonous bird, eating till it is 



forced to difgorge its food. 



II. The SHE A R- WATER. 



Avis Diomedea, Artenna. Aldr, Procellaria Puffinas. Lin. JyJ}. 



a<v. iii. 36. 

 Manks Puffin. Wil.orn. 333. 

 Rati Jyn. av. 134. 

 Shear-water, idem. 133. 

 Wil. orn. 334. 

 Patines de oviedo. Rait fyn, a<v 



Igl. 

 Ed-xv. a<v. 359. 



213. 

 Puffinus, le Puffin. Eriffona<v. vi. 

 13 r. tab. 12. fir. 1. is a va- 

 ne:y of it. 

 Feroenjibus Skrabe. Norvegis 

 Skraap.Pullus.Ffraf^y&jLiere. 

 Rrunnicb. 1 ig. 

 Manks Petrel. Br. Zoo!. 146. 



^IHHIS fpecies is about the fize of the common Defcr ' 

 **" gull ; the bill is an inch and three-quarters 

 long; the noftrils tubular, but not very prominent : 

 the head, and whole upper fide of the body, wings, 

 tail, and thighs, are of a iboty blacknefs ; the under 

 fide from chin to tail, and inner coverts of the wings, 

 white: the legs weak, and comprefTed fideways; 

 dufky behind, whitifh before. 



Thefe birds are found in the Calf of Man: and, as 

 Mr. Ray fuppofes, in the Scilly-ifles : they refort to the 

 former in February ; take a fhort poffrffion of the 

 rabbet borrows, and then difappear till April: they 

 lay one egg - } and the young are fit to be taken the be- 

 ginning of Augufl\ when great numbers are killed 

 by the perfon who farms the ifle : they are faked and 

 barrelled ; and when they are boiled, are eat with 

 Ee 4 potatoes. 



