. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. 604 LARID^. places, if near enough to land; or, if on the open ocean, lie asleep on the surface of the water, unnoticed, because still and of small size. An overcast sky, however, awakes them as twilight would, and they leave their hiding-places, or rise from their watery bed, not because a storm is impend- ing, but because the cloud which accompanies the storm brings them the desired gloom. When in motion they ^u. «^,—:. THE STORMY PETREL. are more conspicuous than when at rest, and they follow the wake of a ship for the same reason tha
. British birds in their haunts. Birds -- Great Britain. 604 LARID^. places, if near enough to land; or, if on the open ocean, lie asleep on the surface of the water, unnoticed, because still and of small size. An overcast sky, however, awakes them as twilight would, and they leave their hiding-places, or rise from their watery bed, not because a storm is impend- ing, but because the cloud which accompanies the storm brings them the desired gloom. When in motion they ^u. «^,—:. THE STORMY PETREL. are more conspicuous than when at rest, and they follow the wake of a ship for the same reason that other sea- fowl do, for the sake of the offal thrown overboard. They will sometimes accompany a ship for days, showing that they have untiring power of wing, and to all but the superstitious greatly relieving the monotony of the 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874; Wolf; Wymper. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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