OF BIRDS. ae 
the end. of darts, snd thefe darts are often ufed 
to killthe Fulmar, : 
‘There is another Petrel, calla ie eae Finch, 
or Stormy Petrel. It-is about the fize of a Swal- 
low, but its wings are much longer. The whole 
bird is black,. except near the tail, and there the 
feathers are white. It can fpout oil like the Ful- 
mar. It is faid, that the people in the Ferro: 
-iflands, which lie in the northern ocean, about two- 
hundred miles from Scotland, draw a piece of 
cotton wick through the bird, and light it, and 
that then it ferves for a lamp or acandle; becaufe 
- flame isfed by the oil which is in its body. 
“The Storm Finches-are always feen at fea, ex- 
cept whilft they are breeding. When.a ftorm is 
coming, they fly in numbers after the fhips, and 
_ then the failors know that they are to expect bad 
weather. They Aly in this manner-in the moft 
‘dreadful ftorms,. fometimes:{kimming along the 
hollows: of the waves, fometimes ontheir fummits, | 
_ and they are never feen to reft upon the furface 
_ of the fea.. The Stormy Petrels have been ob-- 
-ferved in the white fea,. which bounds a part of 
i tie They. are excellent divers, and fta ay under: 
‘water along time without rifing. : 
The Shear Water is another Poul it is of oa 
as 8 large as a. Gull, and is found in the-Calf of 
B4 Man, 
