The Petrels. 
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The Capped Petrel. 
The Fulmar. 
THE 
CAPE FULMAR. 
(Daplion capcnsis.) 
whatever scraps it can pick up, and it is thus a frequent attendant on whaling-ships. 
The single white egg is laid in a crevice or on the shelf of a rock, or sometimes 
in an excavation in the grassy turf. The egg is about two-and-three-quarler 
inches in length, or from that to three inches. 
A single specimen of this tropical species has been recorded 
from Ire- 
land, but 
it is said 
to have been captured on 
three occasions off the coast 
of France. It is principally 
known as an inhabitant of 
the Southern Ocean, where 
it is very common. It re- 
sorts to rocky islands to 
breed, and lays its egg on 
the ledges of cliffs, but the 
egg has not yet been de- 
scribed: it is doubtless white. The Cape Fulmar. 
The species is easily recog- 
nised by its black and white spotted plumage. 
The Shearwaters show no lamellae on the side of the 
palate, and they form a distinct Sub-family from the Ful- 
mars, from which they also differ in their longer and more 
slender bills. The Great Shearwater is a brown bird with 
THE GREAT 
SHEARWATER. 
(Puffinus gravis.) 
