OF: B AgR as. 93 
They feed on fifh, and on the dead carcafes of 
whales and birds. 
The Pintado Petrels fly in flocks; feldom very 
high, but generally fkimming the furface of the 
fea. “They appear in fuch numbers, that feven 
hundred have been taken ina night. The failors: 
often catch them with a tarred ftring, or witha 
: piece of lard, and a fifhing rod, 
__ There is a kind of Petrel which differs from ° 
the reft, becaufe each noftril is a diftin® fhort 
tube. Thefe Petrels were found in New Zealand, . 
in large numbers; fome were flying, fome were 
in holes in the ground, clofe to one-another, or 
‘under the roots of trees, and in the crevices of -. 
rocks. They made a noife like the croaking of » 
: frogs, and flew very much at night, as bats do. 
They feem very large, becaufe they have a great 
“quantity of feathers, and two feathers inftead of. . 
‘one comes from every root; and they lie one | 
within another, and make a very warm covering. . 

