. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Order XVIT. Tubinares 251 Family PROCELLARIID^, or Petrels The Storm-petrel (Thalassidroma pelagica), the Mother Carey's chicken of sailors, who beUeve that its presence portends a storm, is a black bird with white rump and vent-region. It flits lightly along the surface of the waves in mid-ocean, and does not confine itself to. storm-Petrel the coasts, while its feet commonly hang down and touch the water, so that it appears to be walking on it. The name "Petrel" has reference to this habit, and is derived from St Peter
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Order XVIT. Tubinares 251 Family PROCELLARIID^, or Petrels The Storm-petrel (Thalassidroma pelagica), the Mother Carey's chicken of sailors, who beUeve that its presence portends a storm, is a black bird with white rump and vent-region. It flits lightly along the surface of the waves in mid-ocean, and does not confine itself to. storm-Petrel the coasts, while its feet commonly hang down and touch the water, so that it appears to be walking on it. The name "Petrel" has reference to this habit, and is derived from St Peter's attempt to do the same. This species breeds from the Scilly Islands and many parts of Ireland up the west of Britain to Shetland, but very rarely on our eastern or southern coasts; it is, however,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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