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regularly oval, of a white colour with an 
obscure zone of purplish brown, formed 
by minute specks at the larger end. 
Temminck observes, that the young 
have all their tints less deep, but in other 
respects resemble the old birds. 
Wilson, the author of a work on the 
Ornithology of America, has given the 
following account of this species : ft. Stormy 
Petrels breed in great numbers on the rocky 
shores of the Bahama, and the Bermuda 
Isles, and in some places on the coasts of 
East Florida and Cuba. They breed in 
communities like the Bank Swallows* mak- 
ing their nests in the holes and cavities 
of the rocks above the sea, returning 
to feed their young only during the. night, 
with the superabundant oily food from their 
stomachs. At these times they may be 
heard making a continual cluttering sound 
like frogs during the whole night. In the 
day they are silent and wander widely over 
the ocean . This easily account for the vast 
distance they are sometimes seen from land 
even in the breeding season. It is an in- 
teresting sight to see these little birds in a 
