their movements, until it was so dark that 
the eye could no longer follow them, though 
I could still hear their low note of weet 
weet, as they approached near to the vessel." 
E. Lombe, Esq. informed us that he kept 
a Stormy Petrel alive for a few days, and 
that in removing itself from one part of its 
place of confinement to another, it made use 
of its beak, in a manner similar to the 
Parrot. 
It is no uncommon occurrance to find 
birds of this species dead contiguous to the 
coast, and sometimes at a considerable dis- 
tance therefrom. 
Some authors assert that these birds are 
excellent divers, but this does not appear 
to be the fact. 
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