. The birds of New England and adjacent states : containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . Baffins Bay. This species is rare on our coast, and, to my knowledge,does not breed within the limits of New-England says,— Wilsons Petrel breeds on some small islands situated off thesouthern extremity of Nova Scotia, called * Mud Islands, but whichare formed of sand and light earth, scantily covered with grass. Thither the birds re-sort in gre
. The birds of New England and adjacent states : containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs . Baffins Bay. This species is rare on our coast, and, to my knowledge,does not breed within the limits of New-England says,— Wilsons Petrel breeds on some small islands situated off thesouthern extremity of Nova Scotia, called * Mud Islands, but whichare formed of sand and light earth, scantily covered with grass. Thither the birds re-sort in great numbersabout the beginning ofJune, and form bur-rows of the depth oftwo or two and a halffeet, in the bottom ofwhich is laid a singlewhite egg; a few bitsof dry grass, scarcelydeserving the name ofa nest, having been placed for its reception. The egg measures aninch and a half in length by seven-eighths of an inch in breadth ;is almost equally rounded at both ends. ... On wing, thisspecies is more lively than the Forked-tailed, but less so than thecommon Stormy Petrel. Its notes are different from that of theForked-tailed Petrel, and resemble the syllables are more frequently emitted at night than by THE GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 555 Family COLYMBID^. The Divers. Bill more or less long and compressed; the nostrils are linear or rounded, andsituated in a lateral groove; tail rudimentary or short; tarsi much compressed; an-terior toes long, with the interdigital membrane more or less full, the outer longest;hind toe short, free, with a hanging lobe; claws broad, depressed, buried in thebody. The species are remarkable for their powers of swimming and diving: their easeand-gracefulness on the water is in strong contrast with their awkwardness on land, The following are the characters of the two sub-families, Colymbince and Podi-cipince; — — Bill long, rather strong, much compressed, with the point acute;nostrils basal, linear; tarsi much
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