. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. â THE PETRELS â DAPTION. 401 uibev of islands ;akeu in in deep ,1 size at ! in lies, and sN.). somewhat :e occupied he unguis, I from the with white ery distiuet 185(3, 18S. â U CouKs, Tr. lUGW. Noni. tail-cnvovts, ntion of thi' nim]), ui)per Itoiil spots (if crept iniililli' leous ; willies coverts iiml ami the cov- y c'onceak'il ; T ]ilnmbeous, zone. l>ill in the (Iriiil varied with the Pacific Lcific, South Mr. George X. Lawrence, in 1853, on the strength of a single speci
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. â THE PETRELS â DAPTION. 401 uibev of islands ;akeu in in deep ,1 size at ! in lies, and sN.). somewhat :e occupied he unguis, I from the with white ery distiuet 185(3, 18S. â U CouKs, Tr. lUGW. Noni. tail-cnvovts, ntion of thi' nim]), ui)per Itoiil spots (if crept iniililli' leous ; willies coverts iiml ami the cov- y c'onceak'il ; T ]ilnmbeous, zone. l>ill in the (Iriiil varied with the Pacific Lcific, South Mr. George X. Lawrence, in 1853, on the strength of a single specimen said to have been obtained on the coast of California, and now in the cabinet of that gentleman. Numerous siu'oimens were obtained by the naturalists connected with the Wilkes Exploring l']xi)edition, and its presence, at various places visited by their vessels, is noted in the Journal of Dr. Pickering. He first observed it on tlie 19th day of January, , in latitiule 89° south, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is subsetpiently mentioned by him at various points, and for the last time on the 14th of July, the same year, on the west- ern coast of S(mth America, the day after sailing from the harbor of Callao, in about \'2° south latitude. Mr. E. L. Layard, in his account of the sea-birds observed by him during a voyage in the Antarctic Sea, makes repeated mention of this species, whicji he hrst observed soon after leaving Capetown, August 15. He speaks i)articularly of its habit of ;ilighting oil the water. Between latitudes 87° and 41° south he mentions it as being very abundant, so that many were caught l)y letting a strong thread trail with a cork lit the end of it. The birds fouled the line, which became entangled with their wings, rendering them helpless. As soon as one was thus entangled it fell into the water, iiud the rest immediately clustered around it. This bird dives readily, dropping suddenly into the water, and instantly disappear- ing. It will also
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