PUFFIN, OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 
vast rucle obelisks, or pillars, separated by time 
and the force of the sea from the main rock, 
and- stand detached from each other, ari^^ing 
immediately cur of the sea. These birds, they 
say, are seen here not much above two monihs 
in the year, and first appear in the beginiiing 
of May. The Fishermen, that are always 
about these rocks, declare that these birds arc 
seen three or four times in tlie winter, for a 
day or two each time, in as great numbers as 
at their breeding time : and, that they know 
when to-expedl them ; which is, after a little 
mild weather, when the sun lies warm on tlie 
ciiiF, and the sea beneath is pretty calm, to 
give them opportunity to seek their food. The 
top of the cliff is a barren, chalky, and stony 
down, which feeds a good number of Sheep, 
Cormorants, Shags, Gulls, Cornish Choughs, 
Jackdaws, Starlings, Wild Pigeons, and many- 
sores of small bhds, breed annually on these 
rocks.'' 
We have been tempted to transciibe the 
whole of this pleasing account from Edwards, 
though it is rather a description of the Needles ' 
than of the Puffin of the Isle of Wight* BufFon 
also 
