. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 82 BIRDS UF AMERICA of throat distinct; upper tail-coverts, white with dusky bars or centers; primaries, brownish-black, lightening toward base; entire under parts, white with large dark brown patches on sides and flanks; under lail-covcrts. dark grayish-brown with white tips; tail, brownish- black; bill, dusky horn color: feet, yellowish flesh color; iris, brown. Nest and Eggs.— Little is known concerning its nesting; it is supposed to breed in a burrow on islands of the north Atlantic, laying a single white or yellow- ish-white egg. Distribution.—
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 82 BIRDS UF AMERICA of throat distinct; upper tail-coverts, white with dusky bars or centers; primaries, brownish-black, lightening toward base; entire under parts, white with large dark brown patches on sides and flanks; under lail-covcrts. dark grayish-brown with white tips; tail, brownish- black; bill, dusky horn color: feet, yellowish flesh color; iris, brown. Nest and Eggs.— Little is known concerning its nesting; it is supposed to breed in a burrow on islands of the north Atlantic, laying a single white or yellow- ish-white egg. Distribution.—Atlantic Ocean, from Arctic circle south to Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope; occurs off the eastern coast of North America from June to November; occasionally visits the British Isles during the autumn months. From the firm deck of a great sliip out under the vast circle of the sky. surrounded by the heaving, racing ocean swells, the heart sickens at the thought of being left there alone. But to the Shearwater this is home. It needs no companionship and seeks none. On long slender wings, extending some three feet, it goes on, alinost ever on, upon its lonely course, A series of rapid beats give it momentum for a prolonged. Photo by H, K. Job Cuuntby of Outing Pub. Uo. GREATER SHEARWATER Off the coast of Massachusetts glide upon stiffly extended pinions, even into the very teeth of the gale. Tipping to one side, the better to trim sail, it skims along never to reach a destination, for it seems always going, never arriving. -Such is the rather large gray sea-bird with white breast which we may meet from late spring to advanced autumn well ofif our Atlantic shores, hardly nearer than where land ap])ears only as a distant haze. Though this is the most common of our Shearwaters, few of our human kind are privileged to enter its select social circle. Deep-water fishermen know the birds well, call- ing them "Hags" or "; Floating offal or grease thrown f
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