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Procellaria pelagiea. Storm-Petrel. — L. L. In the days 

 (prior to 1876) when herring-luggers landed their catches on the 

 beach, in the huge "carrier" boats, and when much refuse was 

 thrown overboard, this Petrel was common, hundreds at times 

 visiting the neighbourhood. The fishermen amused themselves 

 by knocking them down with osier wands as they followed the 

 herring-milts trailed behind the boats on pieces of string. In 

 November, 1824, between two and three hundred, according to 

 Messrs. Paget, were shot after a severe gale. Mr, E. T. Booth 

 mentions seeing numbers off shore on November, 1872. It is 

 now seldom seen except in exceptionally severe and continued 

 gales. Mr. J. H. Gurney received one from Winterton Light- 

 house on Dec. 9th, 1899. 



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