. Annals of some of the British Norman isles constituting the bailiwick of Guernsey : as collected from private manuscripts, public documents and former historians. in theCalf of Man, and on the Scilly Isles, may also be found inthe isle of Burhou, near Alderney. Some writers call it theblack or little j)etrel, others the shearwater. Buffon mentionsthat the whole of the petrel genus are known by having, in-stead of a black toe, only a sharp spur or nail. Fleming, in alate work of the Philosophy of Zoology, describes it underPalmi])e(lcsprocellaria; nostrils united intoa singular tubularopening
. Annals of some of the British Norman isles constituting the bailiwick of Guernsey : as collected from private manuscripts, public documents and former historians. in theCalf of Man, and on the Scilly Isles, may also be found inthe isle of Burhou, near Alderney. Some writers call it theblack or little j)etrel, others the shearwater. Buffon mentionsthat the whole of the petrel genus are known by having, in-stead of a black toe, only a sharp spur or nail. Fleming, in alate work of the Philosophy of Zoology, describes it underPalmi])e(lcsprocellaria; nostrils united intoa singular tubularopening on the upper part of the bill, the lower mandibletruncated ; and he calls it Pctrit giacialis and pclagico. Allauthors agree in describing the petrel genus to have a facultyof spouting from their bills, to a considerable distance, a largequantity of pure oil, which they do by way of defence, into theface of any person Avho attempts to lake them. This oil, saysMartin, is subservient to medical uses, and is a panacea ; ithas been used with success in London and in Edinburgh inrheumatic cases. THE PETIEL, OH SHEARWATER, From the isle of Burhou, near * The reader is here referred to the Article Natural History,Guernsey/, CONCLUSIOIN. gf 57 This engraving of the bird was taken from a drawing byMr. Kent, jun. of Alderney, from one caught in the isle ofBurhou. The entomologist should also be told, that he will find inAlderney the wild bee of the species .-Ipis centimcularis,which deposits in the sand its little barrels, made very neatlywith rose leaves, sealed at top with a round piece of the leafexactly covering the inside of the barrel, so that the egg andhoney are securely preserved. THE LEAF-CUTTER WILD-BEE CELL.
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