. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . amunable to say any thing of importance respecting its habits as observed bymyself. This species formerly inhabited a small islet close to the Isle ofMan, but appears to have now entirely deserted it. In the Orkneys, how-ever, it is still abundant, and the eggs and young are in much request arrives in March, and, when the young are able to fly, betakes itself tothe open sea, disappearing towards the approach of winter. The Britishwriters who have described it inform us,, that it stands nearly erec
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . amunable to say any thing of importance respecting its habits as observed bymyself. This species formerly inhabited a small islet close to the Isle ofMan, but appears to have now entirely deserted it. In the Orkneys, how-ever, it is still abundant, and the eggs and young are in much request arrives in March, and, when the young are able to fly, betakes itself tothe open sea, disappearing towards the approach of winter. The Britishwriters who have described it inform us,, that it stands nearly erect, flieswith great rapidity, feeds on marine animal substances of all kinds, and,when taken, squirts out an oily fluid from its nostrils in the manner of thePetrels. It is said to breed in burrows, and to lay only a single egg, of awhite colour and elliptical form, about the size of that of a domestic fowl. Puffinds anglordm, Bonap. Syn., p. 371. Shearwater Petrel, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 336. Manks Shearwater, Pujjitvus anglorum, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iii. p. 604. Adult, 15, 32. : O. ^ THE MANKS SHEARWATER. 215 Not uncommon off the coast of Maine during summer. Breeds on SableIsland, off Nova Scotia. Ranges, at times, to great distances Bill about the length of the head, rather slender, a little compressed,straightish, the tips curved. Upper mandible with the dorsal line convex,and sloping at the base, afterwards slightly concave, on the unguis curved,the ridge broadly convex, narrowed towards the end, the sides convex, theedges sharp and slightly inflected; the unguis stout, curved, rather tubular, approximated, dorsal; the narrow nasal groove extendingto the unguis. Lower mandible with the angle very long and narrow, theshort dorsal line beyond it decurved, the sides convex and sloping inwards,the edges sharp and inflected. Head of moderate size, ovate, narrowed before. Neck of moderate elongated. Feet of moderate size; tibia feather
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